Pakistani FM to meet Hillary Clinton in Brussels visit

Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will lead an official delegation to Brussels December 3-4 and will also meet U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Khar and Clinton will hold discussions on bilateral relations, and exchange views on the "way forward to achieve common objectives of peace and stability in the region," a Foreign Ministry statement said. The foreign minister will be accompanied by Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani. During her stay in Brussels, Foreign Minister Khar will hold discussions with her Belgian counterpart Didier Reynders on Pakistan-Belgium bilateral relations. She will meet European Union's High Representative Lady Catherine Ashton, Secretary General NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen and EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht. The delegation will also interact with the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament.