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Asad Umar stresses upon bilateral cooperation between Pakistan Indonesia

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October 11, 2018: Finance Minister, Asad Umar held a number of meetings on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Group Annual meetings in Bali, Indonesia on Wednesday, 10th October.

He was leading Pakistan’s delegation, consisting of the Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Secretary, Economic Affairs Division and Special Secretary, Finance Division.

One of the meetings was with his Indonesian counterpart Sri Mulyani Indrawati with whom he discussed matters pertaining to expansion of bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

Asad Umar emphasized expanding Pak-Indonesia trade relations for which he called upon the Indonesian side to expedite the process of ratification of the additional tariff lines granted to Pakistan after comprehensive review of the PTA in 2017.

Congratulating the Finance Minister on assuming the office after recent elections in Pakistan, Sri Mulyani Indrawati reaffirmed Indonesia’s desire to expand bilateral relations and assured her support to address the points raised by the Pakistan side.

Asad Umar later had a meeting with the President of World Bank, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, with whom he reviewed the current level of Pak-World Bank cooperation

The Finance Minister shared with the World Bank leader, the vision of the new government and its priorities.

The Minister also had meetings with senior officials of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and OECD.

Over 15,000 delegates from 189 countries are currently gathered at Bali, Indonesia for IMF/WB Group Annual meetings from 10-14 October 2018.

Posted on: 2018-10-11T10:17:00+05:00

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