Date : 06/01/2001
GENERAL MUSHARRAF LEAVES FOR SYRIA, JORDAN AND LEBANON TOMORROW
(WITH SYRIA-PAKISTAN)
ISLAMABAD, JAN 6 (KUNA) -- CHIEF EXECUTIVE GENERAL PERVEZ MUSHARRAF WILL
LEAVE HERE FOR A FOUR-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO SYRIA, JORDAN AND LEBANON ON
SUNDAY,
IT WAS OFFICIALLY STATED HERE SATURDAY.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT SAID THAT DURING HIS VISIT MUSHARRAF WOULD DISCUSS
BILATERAL MATTERS AND REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES WITH THE LEADERS OF
THOSE COUNTRIES. IT ALSO SAID THAT HE WOULD HOLD TALKS WITH THE PRESIDENT
OF SYRIA BIN ASSED, KING ABDULLAH BIN HUSSAIN OF JORDAN AND PRESIDENT OF
LEBANON EMILE LAHOUD.
A FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIAL TOLD KUNA THAT DURING THE VISIT A NUMBER OF
AGREEMENTS WOULD BE SIGNED AIMED AT INCREASING TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION
BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND HOST COUNTRIES.
HE SAID PAKISTAN ENJOYED TRADITIONALLY WARM AND CORDIAL RELATIONS WITH THE
THREE COUNTRIES, WHICH ARE BOUND IN STRONG RELIGIOUS BONDS ALSO AND THE COMING
VISIT WOULD FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE ALREADY STRONG RELATIONS. (END)
SJA.BZ.
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