National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Monday called for greater interaction and people-to-people contacts with Belarus.
He expressed these views talking to the parliamentary delegation of Republic of Belarus led by Chairman of the House of Representatives of Belarus Vladimir Andreinchenko, who called on him here. He stressed the need for new synergies of parliamentary and economic cooperation between Pakistan and Belarus.
The speaker said consistent engagement between both countries has added depth to the existing relations and parliament of Pakistan endeavours to further strengthen the bilateral ties between the legislatures of two countries.
He underlined the need for pro-active parliamentary diplomacy to supplement government-to-government interaction. Referring to the role of parliamentary friendship groups, he added consistent parliamentary engagements were highly imperative for facilitating diversification of trade and economic relations.
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq also called for diversification of the existing collaboration between both countries.
Talking to speaker, Chairman of the House of Representatives of Belarus Vladimir Andreinchenko expressed his desire to cement inter-parliamentary, economic and diplomatic ties between Pakistan and Belarus. He stressed the need for regular interaction between Parliamentarians of both countries and said parliamentary engagement could play a pivotal role to bring both nations closer. He said Belarus and Pakistani business communities were in regular contact and have inked various agreements for mutual cooperation.
He said Pakistan was an important trade partner of Belarus and was interested in broadening trade with Pakistan as both the countries have immense potential to expand bilateral trade and economic relations in diverse fields.
Later, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also signed between National Assembly of Pakistan and House of Representative of Belarus in an impressive ceremony held at the Parliament House. The MoU was signed by Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and Vladimir Andreinchenko.
