Minister for Defence
Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan arrived in Canada on a 3-day visit to represent
Pakistan at the United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial Meeting that
began today in Vancouver, says a press release received
here today from Canada.
“Pakistan has in the past and will continue in the future
to play an important role in supporting United Nations’ global effort to bring
long-term stability to war-affected regions of the world. We are pioneers in
creating a program in Peace and Conflict Studies at National University of
Science & Technology (NUST),” said Minister Khan.
Minister for Defence will speak on Pakistan’s “Smart
Pledges” to UN Peacekeeping operations, and will separately enunciate
Pakistan’s views and suggestions on “Early Warning and Deployment”, one of the
principal themes of the meeting.
Khurram Dastgir Khan will also hold bilateral meetings with
Pakistan’s international partners on the sidelines of the Ministerial meeting.
Pakistan is one of the leading troop contributing countries
to UN Peacekeeping missions, with over 6000 uniformed personnel deployed currently
in 10 different missions of the United Nations. Since 1960, Pakistan has sent
over 180,000 troops to 45 UN missions in 28 different countries since 1960.
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