President Mamnoon Hussain Sunday, while agreeing to enhance bilateral cooperation, offered Uzbekistan to fully utilize Pakistan’s connectivity potential.
This was agreed in a meeting between President Mamnoon Hussain and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev who met here in the coastal city of Shandong province on the sidelines of 18th Meeting of the Council of Heads of States of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The two leaders expressed commitment to enhance bilateral relations in all areas of mutual interest. President Mamnoon thanked his Uzbek counterpart for extending support for Pakistan’s membership and assimilation in SCO. He lauded the lead role of Uzbekistan in SCO’s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) and reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to complement RATS efforts for regional peace and security.
President Mamnoon hinted at historical bilateral cultural relations spanning over centuries and emphasized the need to enhance people-to-people contacts. He said that the resumption of Uzbek Airways direct flights between Lahore and Tashkent would contribute towards enhanced two-way tourism and people-to-people contacts.
He further reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process and establishment of enduring peace in the war-torn country. The two leaders agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation across all areas of mutual interest, particularly in the fields of energy, agriculture, education, infrastructure and transportation. They also examined the prospects of cooperation in areas of trade and economy, investment, culture, education and science and technology.
Pakistan, Russia agree to boost trade volume
Pakistan and Russia on Sunday agreed to work together for further enhancing economic ties and increasing trade volume in order to realize tremendous potential for trade between the two nations.
This was agreed in a meeting between President Mamnoon Hussain and President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of 18th Meeting of the Council of Heads of States of Shanghai Cooperation Organization held in the port city of Shandong province.
Both leaders agreed that bilateral relations have strengthened. Trade, energy, security, culture, education and people-to-people contacts were identified as avenues for enhanced future cooperation. The two leaders discussed matters of mutual interest including bilateral, contemporary regional and global issues.
Published in Daily Times, June 11th 2018.
