WASHINGTON: A senior US State Department official would leave for Islamabad next week to discuss with Pakistani officials a range of issues, the State Department announced Friday.
The Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Julieta Valls Noyes, would stay in Islamabad from Dec 4 to 7, the Department said in a statement.
“In Islamabad, Assistant Secretary Noyes will meet with senior government officials, as well as non-governmental and international organization partners, to discuss shared efforts to protect vulnerable individuals and accelerate safe, efficient relocation and resettlement of Afghan refugees in the US immigration pipeline,†the statement added.