DG IAEA due to visit Pakistan on Feb 15-16: FO

DG IAEA due to visit Pakistan on Feb 15-16: FO

ISLAMABAD, Feb 14 (APP): Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi will visit Pakistan from 15 – 16 February 2023.

During his two-day visit, DG IAEA will hold high level meetings and undertake visits to different institutions employing nuclear technology in the fields of health, agriculture, industry and power generation, Foreign Office said in a statement issued here on Tuesday.

The visit will provide an opportunity to Pakistan and the IAEA to explore avenues for further strengthening their ongoing cooperation in the area of peaceful applications of nuclear technology for the socio-economic development of the country, the statement added.

Pakistan is a founding Member of the Agency since 1957 and enjoys longstanding and mutually beneficial collaboration with the IAEA.

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