Bilawal for collective approach to address regional issues.

ISLAMABAD -- Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari yesterday stressed for a collective approach to address the issues faced by the region including the climate change. Addressing the 26th meeting of Council of Ministers of Economic Cooperation Organisation in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he said the regional countries need to develop a strategically robust emergency response mechanism to respond to any climate crisis in future. He noted that the issue of climate cooperation is very significant.

The foreign minister welcomed the proposal of Uzbekistan for the establishment of a high level dialogue platform on environmental cooperation within the framework of ECO. Alluding to the devastation caused by floods in Pakistan, the foreign minister said Pakistan's urgent...