PM, Kyrgyz President agree to enhance economic cooperation.

SAMARKAND -- Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met with President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov on the sidelines of SCO Council of Heads of State meeting here on Thursday and exchanged views on growing bilateral relations.

The Kyrgyz President expressed sympathies and condolences over the loss of precious lives and damage to property in the massive floods in Pakistan caused by climate change. The Prime Minister thanked President Zhaparov for the expression of solidarity and shared details of the devastation resulting from the unprecedented floods.

He also stressed the importance of urgent global action to address the threat of climate change and the need for support to countries like Pakistan that had virtually no contribution to carbon emissions.

The two leaders underscored the need for closer cooperation in trade, investments, energy and people-to-people contacts. The leaders accorded particular focus to further strengthening of high-level exchanges, inter-parliamentary relations, and defence and security ties.

The leaders agreed to convene the next meeting of the Joint Ministerial...

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