Pakistan, Qatar pledge to take their brotherly relations to next level

September 26, 2018: Pakistan Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani have vowed to strengthen the ties between the two countries by forging partnerships and enhancing economic and trade relations.

Both the Ministers met on Tuesday, 25^th September on the sidelines of 73rd session of the UN General Assembly taking place in New York.

Qureshi welcomed the 53% increase in bilateral trade and the formal operationalization of the Hamad Port.

He stressed the need to unleash the great economic potential between the two countries by increasing the exports in sectors such as food items, construction material, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, sports goods and fabrics.

The Pakistani foreign minister proposed early visit of the Qatari Chamber of Commerce and Industry and stressed on activating the Joint Business Council, agreed between the two countries in 2017.

The Qatari Foreign Minister thanked Foreign Minister Qureshi and stressed the importance his country attaches to its bilateral relations with Pakistan.

He reciprocated the cordiality shown by his counterpart by stressing the importance of translating the longstanding historic relations between the two countries into enhanced economic partnership.

He also emphasized the need to activate all existing institutional mechanisms between the two countries, to take bilateral relations to the next level.

Both sides reiterated that Pakistan and Qatar are important members of the Muslim world and vowed to continue to work together at all fora for the advancement of common causes.

APP