United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Volkan Bozkir is set to arrive in Pakistan on a three-day visit from 26-28 May 2021.
According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), UNGA President will be visiting Pakistan upon the invitation conveyed by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi during the latter’s visit to New York where he attended special UNGA session on Palestine issue.
In Pakistan, UNGA President Volkan Bozkirwill have detailed talks with the Foreign Minister and call on the leadership. The interactions will cover a wide range of political and socio-economic issues on the UN agenda. The visiting dignitary is also scheduled to deliver a talk on the “Importance of Multilateralism.”
Upon the invitation of FM @SMQureshiPTI, the President of the 75th Session of the @UN General Assembly (PGA), @volkan_bozkir will undertake an official visit to Pakistan from 26-28 May 2021. Mr. Bozkir will have detailed talks with FM and call on the 🇵🇰 leadership.
— Spokesperson 🇵🇰 MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) May 26, 2021
The visit of the PGA would lend an opportunity to showcase Pakistan’s active contributions to multilateralism and the central role of the United Nations in international affairs, read the MoFA press-release.
Pakistan remains committed to supporting the United Nations General Assembly for the realization of shared objectives of maintaining international peace and security; economic and social development; promotion and protection of human rights; peaceful settlement of international disputes; and developing friendly relations among nations based on the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, as enshrined in the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, it added.
We are flying from Cox’s Bazar to Islamabad to start my oficial visit to Paklstan.🇺🇳🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/QFdjblijMV
— Volkan BOZKIR (@volkan_bozkir) May 26, 2021
It is to be noted that the UNGA President Volkan Bozkir also visited Pakistan in August 2020 before taking up the prestigious position of President of the UN General Assembly.
Mr Bozkir is the first Turkish national to preside over the UN General Assembly. He is a former diplomat and a senior politician. Following his 39-year long illustrious diplomatic career in the Turkish Foreign Service, Mr Bozkir was elected thrice as member of the Turkish Parliament and has served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee and Minister for E.U. Affairs.
