This was decided in a high level meeting chaired by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Foreign Office on Monday. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Hafeez Shaikh, Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar and Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood attended the meeting. Pakistan’s permanent representatives to the United Nations in New York and Geneva also joined the meeting through a video link. This, according to Qureshi, has made it difficult for the developing countries like Pakistan to go about their business as usual. The meeting later decided that a concerted effort would be made to convince powerful countries for this initiative.

Source: The Express Tribune April 06, 2020 14:57 UTC