Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi is scheduled to spend two days in Pakistan on October 13 and 14. A Foreign Office statement issued by spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said the trip responds to an invitation from Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar.
During his stay in Islamabad, Albusaidi will take part in the eighth session of the Pakistan-Oman Joint Ministerial Commission. The two foreign ministers will co-chair the meeting, which the statement described as a key forum for reviewing the full range of bilateral relations and widening cooperation in several fields.
Cooperation areas on the Joint Ministerial Commission agenda
According to the Foreign Office, the commission will concentrate on deeper ties in trade, investment, industry, agriculture, finance, oil and gas, labour, consular affairs, security, defence, climate change, civil aviation, education, media and culture. The ministry had outlined these priorities a day before the statement was issued.
Meeting with Shehbaz Sharif and shared ties
The Omani minister is also expected to meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during the trip, the statement added. It described relations between the two countries as close and brotherly, rooted in shared history, faith and culture, and said the visit is expected to broaden mutually beneficial cooperation.
