Pakistan keen to improve bilateral relations with Bangladesh, says President Alvi
President Dr Arif Alvi has said Pakistan is eager to improve ties with Bangladesh and said that the country looks forward to utilizing all avenues for improving the bilateral relationship.
“Pakistan highly values its ties with Bangladesh and wants to further expand cooperation by using the existing bilateral mechanisms,” Dr Alvi said.
Dr Alvi expressed Pakistan’s desire to boost ties with Bangladesh which has emerged as one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia, during his meeting with Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Siddiqui.
Pakistan’s HC Siddiqui had been called from Dhaka by the government for consultations on Bangladesh’s golden jubilee celebrations (March 17 to 27).
President underscored the need to enhance commercial relations, business-to-business cooperation and people-to-people contacts for the mutual benefit of the two countries. He also underlines the need to enhance bilateral cultural and political exchanges as well as increase cooperation in the field of sports to further cement cooperation between the two sides.
Pakistan is also eager to boost trade and economic ties with Bangladesh with the resumption of direct flights and establishing maritime connectivity between the two countries.
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The two countries are looking forward to rebuilding ties especially after a rare phone call between Prime Minister Imran Khan and Bangladesh Prime Minister Hasina Wajed in July 2020 during which the Pakistani premier expressed his desire for “closer and fraternal” relations with Bangladesh.