PPP leaders to discuss bilateral relations with U.S. officials

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ANI Karachi [Pakistan]
Last Updated : Jan 16 2017 | 9:22 AM IST

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (PPP)and former president Asif Ali Zardari will discuss Washington-Islamabad relations with senior officials in the United States.

Asif Ali Zardari will attend the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on January 20, reports the Daily Times.

According to sources, Zardari left the country on Sunday for Dubai and later will further departs for the U.S.

"Asif Zardari will stay in Dubai and will leave for United States on January 17 or 18," the source said, adding, "the PPP leader will attend the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump as 45th president of United States."

Meanwhile, Bilawal will join Asif in the United States, after PPP's Lahore-Faisalabad rally on January 19.

He will leave for the United States on the January 25 to discuss the Pakistan-US relations with senior U.S. officials.

The PPP leaders will also meet the outgoing Barack Obama administration. They will meet various US senators, congressmen, and other key decision makers.

The party said that the agenda behind Bilawal's meeting would be improvement of Pak-U.S. ties.

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First Published: Jan 16 2017 | 8:06 AM IST

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