Bilawal arrives in New York to host G77 moot tomorrow

UNITED NATIONS: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari arrived in New York on Tuesday on a seven-day visit for talks with world leaders at the UN headquarters and with senior US officials in Washington.

“The foreign minister’s programme includes multiple multilateral and bilateral engagements in New York and Washington,” his office said in a statement issued after his departure from Islamabad.

During his six-day stay in New York, the foreign minister will host and chair the ministerial conference of the G-77 and China — the largest negotiating bloc of developing countries within the UN system.