Foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held important meetings with Saudi officials during his visit to Saudi Arabia last week in which he discussed the diplomatic, political, and security issues between the two countries.
Earlier, Bilawal Bhutto was in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, where he discussed issues of mutual interest with the European Union and world leaders from different regions of the world on the sidelines of the UN-organized environmental conference.
Before this, the foreign minister visited various countries in which he tried to advance Pakistan’s foreign policy and get closer to world powers.
When the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) formed a coalition government after the ouster of Imran Khan’s government, reports were circulating even before its formation that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would be a natural choice for the foreign minister of that government.
One of the reasons for this is that he is the grandson of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the son of Benazir Bhutto, as both of them were experts in the field of diplomacy, and the second reason is that Bilawal is highly educated from abroad.
However, there was a third reason, that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s father, Asif Ali Zardari, wanted him to become the foreign minister of the PDM government, not only to build relations with international leaders, but also to experience world politics and governance. Get. This experience will further help him to become the prime minister of the country and to perform better in this position.
Therefore, when Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took the oath of his ministry on April 27 this year, he became the youngest foreign minister of Pakistan at the age of 34. But here the question arises how many successes and failures did they get in the last six months?
Relations with US
According to experts, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has highlighted Pakistan’s position on international issues by visiting many important countries and participating in many special meetings in a short period of six months, but there are many factors in which he could not succeed.
Relations with the US have improved in the last six months, the foreign minister has effectively spoken to world leaders, and the way he mobilized international leaders on the flood issue deserves praise.
Afghanistan’s growing hostility
Political experts believe that the foreign minister has failed to change Afghanistan’s hostile attitude to friendship in six months. Afghanistan, in which Pakistan has invested a lot, but the hostile statements coming from here, and the unfriendly attitude of the Taliban, need to be given special attention and consideration.
According to experts, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari did not pay much attention to the problem of Afghanistan. He did not visit Afghanistan. One reason is that his Afghan policy is not what the state as a whole is. Their views seem more in tune with the West. In other words, they want human rights, especially women’s issues to be resolved in Afghanistan and for the government there to justify its existence better.
A visit to Germany
According to experts, the foreign minister’s visit to Germany is his biggest success because, on that occasion, Germany issued a statement in favor of Kashmir, which India also protested.
Relations with India
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari wanted to establish a direct channel of communication with India at the level of foreign minister without any international organization or any other country, which he failed, one of the main reasons being that India did not show a positive attitude. That is why some political experts consider the lack of progress with India as Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s failure.
Non-appointment of Foreign Secretary
According to experts, the foreign minister could not appoint a regular foreign secretary even after several months, which will be considered as his failure.
