{"id":857631,"date":"2025-06-23T22:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/pm-shehbaz-to-embark-on-tour-of-4-friendly-countries-from-may-25-30-fo\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T22:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:12:37","slug":"pm-shehbaz-to-embark-on-tour-of-4-friendly-countries-from-may-25-30-fo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/pm-shehbaz-to-embark-on-tour-of-4-friendly-countries-from-may-25-30-fo\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz to embark on tour of 4 friendly countries from May 25-30: FO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Turkiye, Iran, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan from May 25-30,  the Foreign Office (FO) announced in a statement on Friday, to hold \u201cwide-ranging discussions\u201d with the nations while acknowledging their support during Pakistan\u2019s recent escalation with India.<\/p>\n<p>The visit comes a fortnight after Pakistan and India reached a US-brokered ceasefire following a brief military confrontation. During the conflict, the Iranian foreign minister visited both nations to act as a mediator.<\/p>\n<p>According to the FO\u2019s statement, the PM will have \u201cwide-ranging discussions\u201d with the leaders of the four countries on issues including bilateral relations and matters of regional and international importance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will also have the opportunity to express the deepest appreciation and acknowledgement for the support extended to Pakistan by the friendly countries during the recent crisis with India,\u201d the FO added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prime minister will also be attending the International Conference on Glaciers in Dushanbe, Tajikistan from 29-30 May 2025,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this week, the PM decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1911791\">send<\/a> a \u201chigh-level diplomatic delegation to important world capitals to expose Indian propaganda\u201d in the aftermath of the recent military escalation with India, state-run <em><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radio.gov.pk\/18-05-2025\/pakistan-to-send-diplomatic-delegation-to-expose-indian-propaganda-pm\">Radio Pakistan<\/a><\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a telephonic conversation with Chairman Pakistan People\u2019s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the prime minister has entrusted the leadership of the delegation to him,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation comprises Dr Musadik Malik, Engineer Khurram Dastgir, Senator Sherry Rehman, Hina Rabbani Khar, Faisal Subzwari, Tehmina Janjua and Jalil Abbas Jilani, it added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe delegation will visit London, Washington, Paris, and Brussels to highlight India\u2019s disinformation campaign and its attempts to destabilise regional peace,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1912856\/pm-shehbaz-to-embark-on-tour-of-4-friendly-countries-from-may-25-30-fo\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Turkiye, Iran, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan from May 25-30, the Foreign Office (FO) announced in a statement on Friday, to hold \u201cwide-ranging discussions\u201d with the nations while acknowledging their support during Pakistan\u2019s recent escalation with India. The visit comes a fortnight after Pakistan and India reached a US-brokered ceasefire following<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":857632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59891,126360],"tags":[124476,126359],"class_list":{"0":"post-857631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-embark","8":"category-shehbaz","9":"tag-embark","10":"tag-shehbaz"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}