Ban to visit India to attend Sustainable Development Summit

United Nations, Jan 30 (PTI) UN Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon will visit India next week to attend a four-day summit
on sustainable development, after dropping in on Pakistan,
where is expected to discuss terrorism among other issues.

His programme in New Delhi is not yet known but his visit
is mainly to attend the Sustainable Development Summit 2009
beginning February 4.

Prior to going to Delhi, he will pay an official visit to
Pakistan where he is expected to discuss the situation in the
region as also the issue terrorism.

Ban will travel to Islamabad after an official visit to
Abu Dhabi following his participation in African Union Summit
in Addis Ababa.

Sources have said he is expected to visit Kabul also but
the UN spokesperson declined to confirm that.

The spokesperson said he would meet senior officials in
the countries he visits. PTI DS
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