LAHORE, Nov 14: International Cricket Council (ICC) president Malcolm Gray will attend the development committee meeting to be held in Pakistan on Dec 7 and 8.

Pakistan Cricket Board director, Chishty Mujahid, said Thursday that Gray usually does not attend development meetings but this time he had decided to visit Pakistan and take part in the summit.

“It is a very good sign for Pakistan cricket that such a high profile meeting is taking place in the country. The added  flavor in the meeting is the participation of ICC president  Malcolm Gray,” he said.

The two-day meeting will also be participated by ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed. Other participants include, Andrew  Eade (ICC global development   manager), John Wright   (Europe representative), Zakir Hussain Syed (Asia representative), Mark Stafford (EAP   representative), Ellis Lewis    (Americas representative),  Maqbul  Dudhia (Africa  representative), Roger Knight (MCC Delegate), Rene van Lerschot (Associate delegate) and Faisal Hasnain (chief financial officer).

Pakistan has been and is a safe country and any teams that want to come and play and foreigners who want to visit  Pakistan would have no problems whatsoever”, Chishty said.

This is the second major event inside a month that will take  place in the country. Last month, Englishman Bob Woolmer spent more than a week in Lahore in connection  with his Bob Woolmer Cricket Coaches Course that was held under the  auspices of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).