Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari left Karachi for the United Arab Emirates on Monday.

According to the 24News HD TV channel, Bilawal will offer condolences to the royal family on the death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi.

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will leave Dubai for the USA where he will attend the United Nations (UN) Food Security Conference in New York.

The sources said that Bilawal Bhutto's visit to New York is not in connection with the US visit but attends the UN food security conference only.

Bilawal will also attend a multilateral meeting at the ministerial level during the UN Food Security Conference to raise the issue of water, food and energy crises facing Pakistan, sources said.

The sources said Foreign Minister Bilawal will visit China on May 21 where he will meet his Chinese counterpart and later will leave for Switzerland on May 23 to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters.

Reporter: Usman Javed Malik