AVA - Pakistani FM holds phone conversation with U.S. secretary of state

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke over the phone and discussed the need for continuous engagement with the interim, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).

Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)_Montoring, “The Secretary and the Foreign Minister also discussed coordination to mitigate the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, regional stability, commercial and people-to-people ties, and the devastating effects of Putin’s unprovoked war on Ukraine on food security in Pakistan and worldwide,” the State Department said in a statement on July 6.

During the phone call, the two sides also reaffirmed their mutual desire to further strengthen bilateral ties between Islamabad and Washington by expanding engagements in different sectors.

The foreign minister, while referring to 75 years of Pakistan-US relationship, stressed that the two sides must increase people-to-people and business-to-business contacts.

According to the ministry of foreign affairs, during the phone call, the two sides also agreed to look forward to frequent exchange of high-level visits between the dignitaries of the two states.