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Monday, November 18, 2013
PM Nawaz arrives in Bangkok for CAPS 2013
* Will address inaugural session of Connect Asia Pacific Summit 2013BANGKOK: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday arrived in the Thai capital on a three-day visit to the country.
The Thai deputy prime minister received Nawaz at the airport. The prime minister will hold a meeting and delegation-level talks with his Thai counterpart, who will host a gala dinner in honour of him and his spouse. Prime Minister Nawaz will also address the inaugural session of Connect Asia Pacific Summit 2013 (CAPS 2013) and will visit the IMPACT Exhibition in Bangkok. He will also attend a luncheon meeting with prominent Thai and Pakistani businessmen.
First Lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, Minister for Information and Technology Anusha Rehman, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi and Foreign Secretary Jalil Aabbas Jilani are accompanying the prime minister. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Executive Secretary Noeleen Heyzer will call on the prime minister during his visit.
Earlier, in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Nawaz said that his government was committed to a long-term strategy of sustained and inclusive growth by providing equal opportunities to all Pakistanis. He was addressing the first Executive Session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo. Speaking on the theme of the summit, “Growth and Equity: Inclusive Development,” the prime minister noted that equitable development was indeed one of the most significant contemporary challenges confronting the world at large and the Commonwealth in particular.
He said that Pakistan was faced with challenges of weak economy, poverty, acute energy shortages, successive natural calamities and rising militancy, said a press release issued by Pakistan High Commission in Colombo. Expressing full understanding of these problems, Prime Minister Nawaz assured that his government was determined to address these challenges urgently and simultaneously. “The aspirations and dynamism of the people of Pakistan has strengthened his resolve to steer the country towards a new and bright future,” he said.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attended the opening ceremony of the meeting along with other heads of the government. He also attended the lunch hosted by Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, for a select group of Commonwealth heads. agencies
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk