- Each leaders recall wealthy historical past of cooperation between nations.
- PM Shehbaz felicitates Malaysian chief on ASEAN chairmanship.
- Premiers underscore significance of go to enhanced engagement.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his Malaysian counterpart Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday reiterated their dedication to bolster mutually helpful ties between the 2 international locations.
Holding a one-on-one assembly in Islamabad, the 2 premiers underscored the wealthy historical past of shut bilateral cooperation between the 2 international locations, stated the assertion issued by the Prime Minister’s Workplace (PMO).
The event comes as PM Ibrahim, together with a high-level delegation, reached Islamabad on Wednesday on a two-day go to to the nation.
Throughout right this moment’s assembly, the PMO assertion added, the 2 sides mentioned a variety of bilateral, regional, and worldwide problems with mutual curiosity together with these being confronted by the Muslim Ummah.
In addition they touched upon the mechanisms to boost bilateral cooperation to realize concrete leads to these areas.
With PM Shehbaz congratulating his Malaysian counterpart on Malaysia’s upcoming Chairmanship of the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations, (ASEAN )in 2025, the honourable visiting dignitary welcomed Pakistan’s continued engagement with ASEAN as a Sectoral Dialogue Accomplice and expressed help for additional engagement between Pakistan and ASEAN in addition to Pakistan’s bigger function in ASEAN.
Setting the tone and future course of bilateral relations between the 2 international locations, the 2 leaders careworn the significance of dialogue and exchanges of visits in any respect ranges and underlined the significance of the Joint Ministerial Fee (JMC), bilateral consultations and different mechanisms to boost engagement in any respect ranges.
Increasing on the Malaysian premier’s go to earlier this week, the Overseas Workplace stated that the 2 sides will talk about a wide-ranging agenda to additional strengthen Pakistan-Malaysia ties in numerous fields together with commerce, connectivity, power, agriculture, halal trade, tourism, cultural exchanges and people-to-people contacts.
FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch stated each leaders may also talk about regional and world developments.
It’s pertinent to say right here that Pakistan and Malaysia get pleasure from robust bilateral ties anchored in historical past, tradition and religion. This go to gives an essential alternative to additional strengthen Pakistan-Malaysia relations, added the FO spokesperson.