ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: A 12-member delegation of the Swedish Defence Commission will arrive here this week to look at Pakistan's national security and defence policy to get a long-term view of it.

The team, due here on Oct 29 (Friday), will spend four days in Pakistan and then leave for India on a similar mission.

The Swedish Defence Commission, comprising primarily parliamentarians from the ruling and opposition parties, plays a key role in the formulation of Swedish security and defence policy in the new European context.

This first-ever visit of the commission is seen as part of Sweden's political re-engagement with Pakistan and revival of high-level contacts between the two countries after a span of almost eight years.-Q.A.