Gilani arrives in Perth to attend Commonwealth moot

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani arrived here Thursday to represent Pakistan at the 54-member Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and discuss issues confronting the world. The Prime Minister was received by Cabinet Secretary to the Australian Prime Minister Ian Watt, at the Perth International Airport. Pakistans High Commissioner to Australia Abdul Malik Abdullah and officials of the Australian government were present. Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim accompanied the Prime Minister who arrived here via a commercial flight. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar was already in Perth to attend the pre-CHOGM meeting of foreign ministers, held Thursday. Gilani besides addressing the Forum will meet several world leaders on the sidelines of the moot.

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