25 March 2016

News Story: Pakistani PM to visit U.S. to attend nuclear summit

ISLAMABAD, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit the United States to attend the fourth Nuclear Security Summit on March 31, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

U.S. President Barrack Obama invited the prime minister to attend the conference.

"Pakistan's participation in the summit at the level of the prime minister manifests the importance Pakistan attaches to the nuclear security," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said at his weekly news briefing in Islamabad.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to explain his vision on nuclear safety issues. He will meet some world leaders on the sides of the summit.

Read the full story at Xinhua