ISLAMABAD: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Tom West will visit Pakistan
Three key US officials will visit Pakistan in December, as the two countries continue to hold consultations on a range of issues, including the situation in Afghanistan, the Foreign Office said in a statement released on Sunday.
Highlighting these upcoming visits, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said US Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Julieta Valls Noyes, is scheduled to embark on a three-day visit to Pakistan starting on Monday; US Special Representative on Afghanistan, Tom West, is set to visit Islamabad on Thursday; and US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Elizabeth Horst, is slated to visit Pakistan from December 9.
The spokesperson further said that these visits are integral to the ongoing dialogue with the United States, covering a spectrum of issues, with a particular focus on the situation in Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s arrest and deportation of Afghan nationals has been criticized by a number of international rights organizations amid harassment complaints by registered refugees.
