PM reiterates Pakistan's commitment to UN Charter

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to the aims and principles of the UN Charter during a meeting with Ambassador Otunnu, a candidate for UN Secretary-General. Otunnu visited the Prime Minister along with Ambassador Ruhakana Rugunda, special envoy of Uganda's president and a former Ugandan prime minister. Mettis Global reported, citing a press release, that Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, SAPM Tariq Fatemi and Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch also attended.

Sharif stressed that international law and treaties must be respected, and he expressed hope that the next Secretary-General would weigh the organisation's core areas of security, development and human rights in a balanced way. Otunnu, in turn, thanked Pakistan for its lasting contributions to multilateralism across all three pillars and praised its leadership in global peace and security efforts. The meeting was reported as a diplomatic exchange on multilateral cooperation.