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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Wednesday said that US President Donald Trump had assured that he would soon visit Pakistan.

"US President Donald Trump has assured us that he will soon visit Pakistan," the foreign minister said in a statement issued hours after a meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and the US President on the sidelines of the WEF.

The Foreign Minister said it was decided in the meeting that a trade delegation from the US will visit Pakistan.

According to Qureshi, the two sides talked about the increasing tensions between the US and Iran and the impact they could have on the region. "The two leaders talked about the onoging Afghan peace talks too," he said.

After his meeting with PM Imran, US President Trump had reiterated his long-standing offer to mediate on the occupied Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India while answering questions from journalists.