Visit to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
PRESS RELEASE N0: JPNEMPAK 09-023
Islamabad: 11th October, 2009
Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, will visit Pakistan, from today to October 12(Mon).
In Pakistan, Minister Okada will pay a courtesy call on Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, the President of Pakistan, on the first anniversary of his presidency, and meet with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. The purpose of this visit is to convey that Japan will continue to support the stable development of Pakistan, which makes efforts to defeat extremism and to carry out economic reforms.