Lodhi, who was speaking at a programme called the 'Future of Diplomacy' at the Kennedy School of Government, she set out Pakistan's regional and global agenda while emphasizing that this reflected national priorities and Islamabad's role as a 'critical state' in international affairs.
The national priorities, she listed, included economic revival, defeating terrorism and elimination of violent extremism in and around Pakistan, preservation of the country's strategic capability and building regional peace and stability.
Lodhi also named regional economic cooperation and connectivity as another key priority.
She cited the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as the most ambitious and potentially game changing example of regional economic cooperation.
-Source ANI