President Zardari will attend NATO summit in Chicago: FO

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari will be attending the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago. According to the Foreign Office, President Zardari will be accompanied by the Foreign Minister and Foreign Secretary.

In Chicago, the President will address the Expanded ISAF Meeting of NATO and also meet various Heads of State and Government.

President Zardari was given an unconditional invitation to the Chicago Summit by NATO Secretary General Andres Fogh Rasmussen.

Priority issues on the agenda at the 25th NATO summit in Chicago this month will include Afghanistan and NATO capabilities and partnerships.

The May 20-21 summit will be the first NATO summit on American soil in 13 years and the first held outside Washington. It will also be the biggest NATO summit in history, with more than 60 countries and organisations represented.