Pakistan, Japan vow to enhance efforts for regional peace.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan and Japan have reiterated their desire to enhance bilateral relations including efforts for peace and security in the region.

This resolve was expressed in a meeting between army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Sonoura Kentaro, Special Adviser for Foreign Affairs to Japan's President Shinzo Abe.

'During the meeting matters of mutual interest including overall regional security situation were discussed,' read a statement issued by the military's media wing.

'Visiting dignitary appreciated and acknowledged Pakistan's positive role in the region. Both reiterated the desire to further enhance bilateral relations including efforts for peace and security in the region,' read the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement.

Earlier on Monday, Kentaro met Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood in Islamabad. The two held wide-ranging discussions on Pakistan-Japan relations and ways to further strengthen Tokyo and Islamabad's growing partnership in diverse fields.

Pakistan and Japan also formally signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) for import of skilled Pakistani manpower.

Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan Kuninori Matsuda and Aamir Hasan, the federal secretary of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, signed the agreement.

As per a statement, the agreement pertains to 'Specified Skilled Workers' and 'aims to pave the way for skilled Pakistani workers to get employment opportunities in Japan after passing the required examination'.

The 14 specified fields for skilled workers include nursing care, building cleaning and management, forges and foundries, machine parts and tooling industries, electric, electronics and information industries, construction industry, shipbuilding/ship machinery industry, automobile maintenance, aviation industry, accommodation industry, agriculture, fishery and aquaculture, manufacture of food and beverages, and the food service industry.

President Abe's special adviser Sonoura Kentaro and Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari, Prime Minister Imran Khan's special assistant on overseas Pakistanis and human resource development, witnessed the signing ceremony.

'This cooperation...