ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on his official three-day visit to Washington on July 21, confirmed the Foreign Office (FO) in a statement Wednesday.

This will be the first summit-level engagement between Pakistan and the United States since both leaders assumed their respective offices, the statement added.

“Prime Minister Khan and President Trump would have wide-ranging interaction at the White House on 22 July 2019 covering bilateral and regional matters,” according to the handout.

Meanwhile, Washington also confirmed the summit with a welcome note. “President Donald Trump will welcome Prime Minister Imran Khan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the White House on July 22, 2019,” a statement issued by the White House press secretary on Wednesday said.

“President Trump and Prime Minister Khan will discuss a range of issues, including counterterrorism, defense, energy, and trade, with the goal of creating the conditions for a peaceful South Asia and an enduring partnership between our two countries,” the White House added.

During his visit, Khan will meet prominent members of the US Congress, corporate leaders and opinion makers as well as members of the Pakistani diaspora. His various engagements in Washington will underscore the “importance Pakistan attaches to a broader and multi-faceted relationship with the United States,” said the FO.

In regional context, Khan will “underscore Pakistan’s commitment to peace and stability and the importance of constructive engagement to promote a political solution in Afghanistan.”

“He will also highlight Pakistan’s policy of ‘peaceful neighborhood’ aimed at resolving disputes through dialogue and promoting the vision of peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia and beyond,” the statement read.

Pakistan hopes that Khan’s visit will help renew and reinvigorate long-standing ties between the two countries. “It will contribute toward building a broad-based, long-term and enduring partnership between the two countries on the basis of mutual interest and mutual benefit,” the FO statement concluded.