Pakistan and Australia have discussed cooperation in multilateral settings at the 8th Session of Pakistan-Australia Senior Officials Talks in Islamabad.  

Additional Foreign Secretary Asia-Pacific Mumtaz Zahra Baloch led the Pakistan side, while the Australian side was headed by First Assistant Secretary for North and South Asia, Gary Cowan.

The delegations had a comprehensive exchange of views on bilateral cooperation, including high level exchanges, cooperation in political, economic, development, science and technology, education, defence, migration and climate change.

Additional Secretary briefed the Australian side on the regional situation in South Asia including the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and the grave and systematic violations of human rights in IIOJK.