ISLAMABAD: UN chief Ban Ki-moon due in Islamabad today (Saturday) to visit areas devastated by the country’s worst floods in history and to hold talks on relief efforts, the foreign ministry said.
“The UN secretary general will arrive in Islamabad late on Saturday,” foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit said.
“He will discuss relief efforts with government leaders on Sunday and visit flood-devastated areas the same day,” the spokesman added.
Basit confirmed that Ban’s one-day visit will take place two days ahead of one by US Senator John Kerry.
Welcoming the visits, President Asif Ali Zardari had said the “damage to life, property, livestock and infrastructure was so huge that it could be faced only with the concerted efforts of all the people of Pakistan with the support and assistance of the international community,” his spokesman said. AGENCIES
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