ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will make an official visit to the United Kingdom from Aug 24 to 28, the Foreign Office said on Sunday.
According to a statement issued by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Dar will hold meetings with UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, Minister of State for Pakistan Stephen Doughty and other senior members of the British government.
He will also meet the secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization to discuss the issue of Pakistani crew members held by Somali pirates aboard the MT Honour 25 oil tanker.
The foreign minister is also scheduled to meet Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey during the visit, the ministry said.
Dar will hold meetings with British parliamentarians and representatives of the British-Pakistani community during his stay, it added.