Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States Masood Khan met Matthew Hughes, President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of America (WACA) today at the Embassy.
Ambassador Masood Khan congratulated Hughes on assuming presidency of the World Affairs Council of America (WACA), and appreciated the role played by WACA and its leadership for promoting programs and educational initiatives for diverse, multi-generational audiences across United States from grassroots to grasstops citizens. Ambassador lauded WACA’s convening power by providing face-to-face connections and dialogue with global leaders, business executives, policy experts, social innovators, and distinguished opinion makers.
Hughes briefed the Ambassador about WACA’s mission and its leading programmes. He shared that WACA supports more than 90 World Affairs Councils across the United States and explores new ideas in dozens of dynamic Council events each week that shape public discourse on national security, the economy and international trade, global health, energy and the environment, immigration, human rights, education and culture.
Ambassador Masood Khan briefed Hughes about current state of Pakistan-United States bilateral relations. Ambassador underscored that Pakistan and the United States are long-standing and historic partners, and added that the current positive trajectory in the bilateral relations is based on strong desire on both sides to expand the bandwidth of this relationship, with special focus on enhanced cooperation in non-security areas. Ambassador underscored the importance of linkages between academics, educational institutions and diaspora to forge solid foundation for long-lasting relations, highlighting huge potential for WACA’s collaboration and intertwining with similar platforms in Pakistan.
President WACA appreciated Ambassador’s remarks and expressed willingness to expand collaboration with counterparts in Pakistan. He also extended invitation to the Ambassador for participation in WACA’s national conference in November this year.
The World Affairs Councils of America (WACA), founded in 1918, is the largest nonprofit international affairs organization in the United States. The WACA network comprises of 93 autonomous and nonpartisan councils across 40 states in US.
Washington D.C, April 08, 2023
