ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Tuesday "thanked the government and parliament of UK for adopting stance on Kashmir issue" during his meeting with High Commissioner of United Kingdom to Pakistan Dr Christian Turner.
The chairman Senate "expressed satisfaction that both sides enjoy good relations at different level and there is need to further enhance mutual collaboration in different sectors including frequent parliamentary exchanges and other high level visits," according to a statement issued by the Senate Secretariat after chairman Senate - British envoy's meeting.
"Pakistan highly values its bilateral ties with United Kingdom and we desire to further expand our relations in different sectors," chairman Senate said.
He added that enhanced parliamentary linkages and institutional collaboration would help in building consensus on many issues.
Sanjrani said Balochistan, especially Gwadar, offers abundant opportunities for investment as Gwadar is being regarded as future of regional development.
He further said that United Kingdom has provided huge assistance to Pakistan for social sector development.
Sanjrani said COVID-19 pandemic carries long term economic repercussions for global economies specially the developing world and more coordinated efforts are required to overcome the diseases on one hand and work together for economies to flourish. He said that developed as well the developing world is faced with similar challenge, however, the developing countries lack infrastructure and resources to effectively flatten the COVID-19 curve.
"The pandemic is spreading in Pakistan, however, government is making all out efforts to bring the deadly disease under control through lockdown, testing, tracing and quarantine," he said. Sanjrani also "expressed deep condolences on behalf of the Parliament for the loss of human lives due to coronavirus."
The high commissioner thanked chairman Senate for his candid views on bilateral relations, the press release said adding that he also emphasized the need to further strengthen mutual cooperation.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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