Pakistan, Belgium agree to expand cooperation in various sectors.

KARACHI -- Pakistan and Belgium agreed to further expand and deepen cooperation in information technology, agriculture, food processing, renewable energy and construction sectors. The concurrence was reached at a meeting between Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and an eight-member Belgian parliamentary delegation led by Senator Allessia Claes here at CM House. The Belgian delegation included Karl Vanlouwe, Philippe Courard, Georges Dallemagne, Les Engages, Ozlem Ozen, Ruben Vanhaverbeke and other diplomats while Sindh ministers Sharjeel Memon, Mukesh Chawla, and Qasim Naveed, and Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput also attended the meeting.

Murad Ali Shah said that Belgium was a traditional friend of Pakistan and a major trading and investment partner and mutual cooperation was based on shared values of democracy, pluralism, mutual respect, and trust as well as common interests. Pakistan's Prime Minister had a constructive meeting with the Belgian Prime Minister on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York in September 2022, the CM said and termed parliamentary interactions important for enhancing bilateral ties as they not only promote people-to-people contacts but could also play a crucial role in advancing bilateral ties in areas like trade and commerce, as well as investments. He added that trade and economic ties comprised an important component of our bilateral relations.

Belgium was the 10th largest trading partner of Pakistan and bilateral trade between both countries had crossed US$ 1.2 billion in 2021, Murad Shah said and stressed on the need...

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