ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, held a telephone conversation with his Chilean counterpart, Andres Allamand regarding a missing Chilean mountaineer who attempted to scale the world’s second-highest peak K2, in winter.
Chilean mountaineer, Juan Pablo Mohr, was attempting to scale K2 with Pakistan’s renowned mountaineer, Ali Sadpara, and John Snorri from Iceland, when they lost contact and went missing on Friday, owing to bad weather conditions, according to Alpine Club Pakistan, a non-governmental organisation working for promotion of mountaineering and adventure tourism in the country.
Pakistan Foreign Ministry said, Qureshi expressed his deep concern over the missing team of mountaineers, and apprised the Chilean foreign minister of efforts being made by Pakistan, to locate them, including a number of search flights by Pakistan Army Aviation helicopters, amid challenging weather conditions, over a treacherous terrain.
He assured the foreign minister of Chile that Pakistan would make all possible efforts, to trace the missing mountaineers, the statement said.
Acknowledging the search and rescue operation, the Chilean foreign minister thanked the government of Pakistan, on behalf of the people of Chile and the family of Mohr, for assistance in the search operations, the statement added.– NNN-APP
