European Union Ambassador to Pakistan Androulla Kaminara, along with the Danish Ambassador Lis Rosenholm, , Ambassador of the Czech Republic Thomas Smetanka and Belgium Ambassador Phillipe Bronchain paid a day-long trip to North Waziristan.

EU Ambassador visited EU supported Aid to Uprooted Project (AUP) project in Ghulam Khan tehsil of North Waziristan district and also met community representatives including 40 women, who have been trained under the AUP. The women had attended skill training courses in leather works under the AUP. They had displayed their products and shared that their small businesses are flourishing. EU Ambassador also visited the Access for out of school Children to Education and Safe Schools in Pakistan.

On a query from the ambassadors, the women explained that getting education and skill development was important for them because they helped improve their social and economic status The district administration facilitated a meeting of the delegation with the tribal elders representing all the tribes of the region who appreciated the work done in nine out of the 10 tehsils of North Waziristan with the assistance of the European Union.

Representatives of Dattakhel said that work should be done in their tehsil as the returns there took place late and work could not begin. Relief, Rehabilitation & Settlement Department Muhammad Iqbal Wazir also called on the visitors and thanked European Union for generously supporting the tribal districts. Deputy Commissioner Shahid Ali explained to the visitors that government departments had been established in the district and were functional. The ambassadors also called on the GOC 7th Division Major-General Muhammad Naeem Akhtar, who explained the security challenges the area faced and how the government and security agencies had successfully tackled militancy in the region.