At the joint invitation of Georgia
Tech’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and Center for International
Strategy, Technology, and Policy, Ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry visited
Georgia Tech and addressed faculty and students of the University at the Klaus Advanced
Computing Building on December 01, 2017, says a press release received here
today from Washington DC.
The
Ambassador exchanged views with Georgia Tech leadership, faculty and staff on
the current international and regional political landscape. Later, the
Ambassador addressed a large gathering of students on the Future of
Pakistan-United States Cooperation: Regional Peace and Prosperity. The talk was
followed by an interactive and lively discussion with the students.
In his exchanges, the Ambassador
reiterated Pakistan’s desire to maintain a broad based and mutually beneficial
relationship with the United States that spans over seventy years. Commenting
on US strategy for South Asia, the Ambassador underscored the importance of
Pak-US cooperation to achieve durable peace in Afghanistan and also to promote
peace, cooperation and prosperity in South Asia and beyond. He added that CPEC
is a regional project which has the potential to bring enormous economic
benefits to peoples of the region.
Members of Pakistani Students
Associations from Universities in Georgia thanked the Ambassador for the visit
to share his views on the economic development of Pakistan and the state of
it’s relations with the US and other countries of the region.
Later in the evening, the Ambassador
attended a dinner reception hosted by the Pakistani American Community (PAC)
Atlanta. He appreciated the Community’s active role in promoting friendship and
cooperation between the two countries. He expressed his support for the PAC
Atlanta’s efforts to arrange a trade delegation from Atlanta to Pakistan. They
invited the Ambassador to visit Atlanta in February next year to address
Georgia State Congress.
