ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari departed for Jordan on Wednesday afternoon to attend the royal wedding of Jordanian crown prince and Saudi citizen Rajwa Khalid Al-Saif, the foreign ministry confirmed.
Jordan kicked off festivities on Wednesday for Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II’s wedding with Al-Saif. The two-day celebrations would include a royal feast hosted by King Abdullah II at the Royal Hashemite Court, with 4,000 people from across Jordan attending the event.
The marriage ceremony is expected to take place on Thursday at Zahran Palace in Amman while the reception would take place at Al-Husseiniya Palace with international heads of state and the Jordanian royal family in attendance.
“Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is traveling this afternoon to Jordan and Iraq,” the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said in a statement. “In the first leg of the visit, Foreign Minister will travel to Jordan to attend the royal wedding.”
MoFA said the foreign minister would then travel to Iraq from June 5-6 where Bhutto Zardari will meet the Iraqi leadership and hold a detailed meeting with his Iraqi counterpart.
“Important agreements will also be signed during the visit,” MoFA said, adding that the foreign minister was invited to Iraq by the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Iraq, Dr. Fuad Hussein.
Meanwhile, the royal wedding between the Jordanian crown prince and the Saudi national has drawn interest from local, regional, and international media, Jordanian news agency Petra reported.
Several television networks will be broadcasting the ceremony on Thursday.
