By Our Staff Reporter
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrived in Dubai on Thursday for a two-day visit to hold bilateral talks with UAE leadership on the growth and strengthening of ties between the two friendly countries.
UAE Vice President and Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum hosted Qureshi for talks.
The UAE Embassy in Pakistan took Twitter and said: “H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, receives H.E Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, and holds bilateral talks on developing and strengthening relations between two friendly countries”
Qureshi went on to say that the Pakistan Pavilion at Expo 2020 would be a “memento of Pakistan-UAE friendship.”
The talks will be held weeks after the UAE has temporarily suspended the issuance of visas to a dozen countries including Pakistan, until further notice. Pakistan officially claims, however that the UAE authorities have agreed on the basis of the second wave of Covid-19.
According to local media reports , Foreign Minister Qureshi is expected to discuss the suspension of visas with the UAE authorities.