- Shehbaz received the salute of the armed forces at the Vienna airport.
- First visit of the Pakistani Prime Minister to Austria in more than 30 years since 1992.
- The high-level delegation includes Dar, Tarar, Fatemi and Baloch.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Vienna on Sunday to begin a two-day official tour of Austria, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said, highlighting efforts to deepen bilateral cooperation.
“The Prime Minister and the Pakistani delegation were warmly received upon arrival at Vienna International Airport, and a salute was presented by a contingent of the Austrian Armed Forces,” read the statement issued by the PMO.
The prime minister shared on X that he arrived in Vienna and described the Austrian capital as a “city of history, culture and global diplomacy.”
“I look forward to my meeting with Chancellor Christian Stocker to further strengthen the ties of friendship between Pakistan and Austria,” the prime minister said, adding that his focus would be on trade, investment and economic cooperation.
Shehbaz, in the same capacity, said he would also meet leaders of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization during his visit.
These commitments, he said, would focus on “deepening our cooperation on peaceful nuclear energy, counter-narcotics and crime control.” [and] Sustainable industrial development and shared progress.
Raising the curtain on the visit, the Ministry of External Affairs said that Prime Minister Shehbaz will pay an official visit to Vienna from February 15 to 16, 2026.
He visits the Central European country at the invitation of its leader, Chancellor Stocker.
“The Prime Minister will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Syed Tariq Fatemi and Foreign Minister Ambassador Amna Baloch,” the statement added.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “during the visit, the prime minister will hold bilateral talks with his Austrian counterpart to review the entire spectrum of bilateral relations.”
He will also chair a meeting of the Pakistan-Austria Business Forum, organized by the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO), and visit key multilateral organisations, he added.
The statement highlighted that “Pakistan and Austria enjoy cordial and friendly relations, underpinned by shared values of dialogue, cooperation, multilateralism and respect for international law.”
This will be the first visit by a Pakistani Prime Minister to Austria in more than three decades, following the last trip of then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 1992, the Ministry of External Affairs added.
