ISLAMABAD: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will arrive on Monday (today) on a three-day visit.
Abbas will be accompanied by a seventeen-member delegation, including five ministers. It would be his third visit to Pakistan as he had previously been to Pakistan in 2005 and 2013.
During the visit, the Palestinian President will have a one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, followed by delegation-level talks, according to a press release issued by the Foreign Office on Sunday.
Subsequently, Abbas and Nawaz will jointly inaugurate the newly constructed Palestine Embassy Complex in the Diplomatic Enclave.
The government had gifted land in 1992 for the construction of the Palestinian Embassy Complex. In 2013, Pakistan also contributed towards its construction.
Abbas and his delegation will also meet President Mamnoon Hussain, followed by a state banquet in his honour.
Bilateral political matters as well as other issues of common interests will be discussed between the two heads of state.
The relations between Pakistan and Palestine have traditionally been strong.
Pakistan has consistently supported the creation of an independent and viable Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds as its capital.
Pakistan has also extended support to the Palestinian struggle for their independent homeland, at all international forums.
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