Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday that Switzerland’s foreign minister will tour Pakistan from Friday.

Swiss Foreign Minister Tobias Billström will visit Pakistan from July 7 to 9, MOFA spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a briefing on Wednesday.

Baloch added that Ignazio Cassis was invited to visit Pakistan by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto last year.

Baloch said that Pakistan had protested to Swedish authorities over the incident of Quran burning in very strong terms. She also said that Pakistan’s reservations over the incident had been communicated to the Swedish ambassador in Pakistan.

She also added that China had invested Rs 24 billion in Pakistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project and Pakistan was determined to take the project forward.