Press Release: Catherine Ashton visits Pakistan

Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission, travels this week to Pakistan for a series of high-level meetings.

In Islamabad on 5 June 2012, she will launch the EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue - based on the EU-Pakistan Five-Year Engagement Plan - with Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. During her visit, the High Representative will also meet the Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Waheed Arshad, leaders of the parliamentary opposition and, during a visit to Lahore on 6 June, the Governor of Punjab, Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa.