Pak FM, US delegation to visit BD this month

Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will pay an official visit to Dhaka this month, Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain confirmed, reports BSS.

"It has been finalised that he will come. We will be able to confirm the date within next couple of days," Hossain told reporters at the foreign ministry in the capital on Wednesday.

While asked about the topics of discussion with his Pakistani counterpart, he said, they will discuss all aspects of the relations.Ishaq Dar's upcoming trip to Dhaka will mark the first visit by a Pakistani Foreign Minister since 2012.

Meanwhile, US Deputy Assistant Secretary on the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Nicole Ann Chulick and Deputy Assistant Secretary on the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Andrew R. Herrup will visit Bangladesh next week.