Pakistani PM heads to UN on "most important" foreign visit: PM office

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Saturday embarked on his "most important foreign visit" of the year to New York to attend the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), his office said.

This will be the Prime Minister's fourth address to the 193-member world body in his third term in office.

In the statement he is expected to make to the General Assembly on Sept. 21st, he will enunciate Pakistan's position on key global and regional issues, especially focusing on the situation in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, a statement from the PM office said.

On the sidelines of the UNGA, the Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings with a number of world leaders, including the UN Secretary-General.

Among his many engagements in New York, he will also address a business meeting organized by the U.S.-Pakistan Business Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will make two other statements at the UN meetings on the global refugees crisis.

"The Prime Minister will call upon the international community and the United Nations to live up to their promise of the right to self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions," the statement said.

He will reinforce Pakistan's call on the world body to play its role in immediately ending these grave violations.

Nawaz Sharif is also expected to urge the international community to help in resolving the longstanding Kashmir dispute which is among the oldest items on the UN Agenda.

He will be joined in New York by the Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz and other senior officials. Enditem