ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Communications, Investment Board and Privatisation Aleem Khan, who is visiting Tajikistan, held a meeting with Tajikistan Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda in Dushanbe and discussed with him matters of bilateral relations and important issues.
While welcoming Aleem Khan, Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda reiterated that the doors of Tajikistan will always be open for bilateral cooperation with Pakistan.
In his conversation, Aleem Khan thanked the prime minister of Tajikistan and said that the two countries are historically bound in religious and cultural ties and in the future this relationship can be further strengthened by the promotion of trade activities.
Earlier, while addressing an International Conference at Dushanbe, Aleem Khan said that Pakistan is ready to cooperate in all kinds of economic and business activities in the region for which practical work is being done to bring trade corridors to global standards and connect them with other countries.
He said that Pakistan is working on digitising the “Silk Route Corridor” especially for the countries of Central Asia while also ensuring the implementation of the “Right to Monitor” through satellite technology on the roads under construction.
Aleem Khan further said in his address that today is the era of import and export, and international trade is the guarantee of development for which standard and spacious roads will be constructed while for the countries of Central Asia, like Karachi and Port Qasim, Gwadar Port would also be available.
Aleem Khan, while offering all kinds of support from Pakistan to the Central Asian States, said that through this international conference, new ways of development and prosperity will be opened between different countries.
Aleem Khan held separate meetings with the ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan in addition to Tajikistan in Dushanbe, in which it was agreed to promote business-to-business and government-to-government activities between Pakistan and Central Asian countries.
Similarly, the construction of trade corridors from Pakistan to these countries through China, Afghanistan and alternative routes was also considered.
Tajikistan’s Minister of Material Resources Ahmedzada Noor Mahmad also called on Federal Minister Aleem Khan, in which, the export of various food items including sugar, potatoes, textiles and livestock from Pakistan was discussed.
Among those who held a meeting with Aleem Khan were Transport Minister of Kyrgyzstan Tilektekebaev, Transport Minister of Uzbekistan Makh-kamovilkham Rust-amovich, Deputy Transport Minister of Kazakhstan Maksat K Kaliak Parov and the Minister of Transport of Tajikistan and the host Azeem Ibrahim were included.
Aleem Khan expressed his gratitude to the ministers while describing the holding of this conference as very fruitful while gifts were also exchanged with each other on this occasion.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2024
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