The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday rejected media reports suggesting that Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir is scheduled to visit the United States in the near future, clarifying that no such plan has been finalised.
Addressing the weekly press briefing, FO spokesperson Tahir Andrabi responded to a question regarding a Reuters report which claimed that Field Marshal Munir was expected to travel to Washington in the coming weeks to meet US President Donald Trump, with discussions reportedly focusing on the Gaza force.
“The Reuters story was showing as if the visit had been planned, and there was a finality about it. So, I am I’m contradicting the fact that a visit has been agreed or planned,” Andrabi said. He added that the Foreign Office currently has no information regarding the timing or confirmation of any future visit by the CDF to the United States. “We obviously will wait for an official announcement that the Government of Pakistan makes about such a visit,” he noted, stressing that official visits are always preceded by formal announcements.
Responding to another query on the same issue, the spokesperson reiterated that he had no details to share. “As regards the visit of the Chief of the Army Staff and the Chief of Defence Forces, I do not have any information right now. I have seen the reports, but I have no information to share with you,” he said.
Field Marshal Munir is currently on an official visit to Libya, where he reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to strengthening defence and military cooperation with Tripoli, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
