By Iftikhar Mashwani
ISLAMABAD- Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide will visit Pakistan on August 13–14, marking the first visit by a Norwegian foreign minister to the country in nearly a decade.
The visit comes at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar. During his stay, Eide and Dar will lead delegation-level talks on the full range of bilateral relations.
Discussions are expected to focus on expanding cooperation in trade and investment, climate change, renewable energy, education and people-to-people contacts.
The two ministers will also exchange views on key regional and international developments.
The Foreign Office said the visit follows sustained high-level engagement between Pakistan and Norway, including telephone conversations between Dar and Eide in March and April 2026.
Norway’s State Secretary Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik also visited Islamabad in May.
The Foreign Office said Eide’s visit would further strengthen the longstanding ties between Pakistan and Norway and help identify new areas of mutually beneficial cooperation.
