Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will start his three-day visit to Pakistan tomorrow to discuss bilateral ties, the Foreign Office here said today.
Abbas will stay in Pakistan from January 30 to February 1 and is scheduled to meet President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
"He will be accompanied by a 17-member delegation, including five ministers," the Foreign Office said in a statement.
Abbas will have a one-on-one meeting with Sharif followed by delegation-level talks, it said.
Abbas and his delegation will meet President Mamnoon Hussain, followed by a state banquet in his honour. Bilateral political matters as well as other issues of common interest will be discussed between them.
The relations between Pakistan and Palestine have traditionally been strong. Pakistan has consistently supported the creation of an independent, viable and contiguous Palestinian State, with pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
Pakistan has also extended support to the Palestinian struggle for their independent homeland, in all international forums.
This would be his third visit to Pakistan. He has previously been to Pakistan in 2005 and 2013.
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