ISLAMABAD, 27 September 2021, (TON): Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrived in London on a three-day official visit to the United Kingdom.

Upon arrival at the Heathrow Airport, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the UK Moazzam Ahmad Khan and Deputy High Commissioner Dr Faisal Aziz and other senior officials of the High Commission welcomed the foreign minister.

The FO statement read "besides interacting with members of the Pakistani community and British Parliamentarians, the Foreign Minister will have broad-based discussions with his British counterpart Liz Truss at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office."

The FO statement further termed Pakistan and the UK as close friends and long-standing partners.

The communique concluded "earlier this month, former Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had visited Pakistan to hold consultations on bilateral relations and regional matters. The visit by the Foreign Minister will take forward the process of close consultation and collaboration between the two sides."

On September 3, the foreign ministers of Pakistan and the United Kingdom said that the two countries “shared interest” in a peaceful and stable Afghanistan.

The statement came during the maiden visit by British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to Islamabad where he held formal talks with his Pakistani counterpart.