Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday departed for Turkmenistan on a two-day official visit, state broadcaster PTV News reported.
A post on the PTV News X account said the premier was undertaking the visit at the invitation of Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdymukhamedov.
It said that during his visit, PM Shehbaz would attend a “forum organised in Ashgabat to mark the International Year of Peace and Trust 2025, the International Day of Neutrality, and the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s permanent neutrality”.
United Nations had granted Turkmenistan the status of a neutral country in 1995. UN defines neutrality as “the legal status arising from the abstention of a state from all participation in a war between other states, the maintenance of an attitude of impartiality toward the belligerents, and the recognition by the belligerents of this abstention and impartiality”.
According to PTV News, PM Shehbaz will also hold bilateral meetings with President Berdymukhamedov and other world leaders attending the forum in Ashgabat.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Power Minister Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, Tariq Fatemi, a key aid to the PM, and Special Assistant to the PM Talha Burki are accompanying the premier on the visit.
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