ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum from Monday (today) to Thursday in the resort town of Davos, Switzerland.
This year the Forum is being organized under the theme, “History at a Turning Point: Government Policies and Business Strategies”.
The foreign minister will be accompanied by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar and will participate in a number of WEF events on contemporary global and regional issues.
The foreign minister will share Pakistan’s perspective on the economic and social impacts of the evolving geopolitical developments as well as the challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, food and energy security, and climate change.
He will also meet his counterparts attending the annual meeting and interact with the media. Around 50 heads of state are expected to address the forum which is being held in person after two years.
The World Economic Forum annually brings together political and business leaders as well as representatives from international organizations, civil society and youth representations from across the world to deliberate and identify pathways to overcome economic, social and environmental challenges.
Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman will also attend a number of World Economic Forum events on climate change and its impact on the global community and Pakistan.
Climate change is an important agenda and is also extremely pertinent fue to the prevailing heat waves and glacial lake outburst flooding incidents in the country. Nearly 2500 leaders from politics, business, civil society and media will take part in the forum.
