Pakistan and Belarus on Tuesday inked 18 accords of co-operation in diverse fields including the joint launch of two Roadmaps on economic and humanitarian co-operation. The two countries inked seven agreements, six Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and three Protocols to Agreements in addition to the two Programmes on Roadmaps during the visit of Belarusian Prime Minister Andrey Kobyakov to Islamabad.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Belarusian counterpart Andrey Kobyakov signed the Programme titled "Roadmap for fast-track and middle-track economic co-operation between Pakistan and Belarus," at a ceremony held here at the PM House. The Programme on the "Roadmap of Belarusian-Pakistani Humanitarian Co-operation year 2015-2020" was signed by Federal Minister for Information Pervaiz Rasheed and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Belarus Valentin Rybakov.
AGREEMENTS: The two Prime Ministers also signed an agreement between their governments on mutual allotment of the land of plots for their respective diplomatic missions in Islamabad and Minsk. The inter-governmental Agreement on co-operation and mutual assistance in customs matters was signed by Advisor to PM on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Belarus Valentin Rybakov.
The Agreement between the Health Ministries of Pakistan and Belarus on co-operation in public health was signed by State Minister for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Belarus Valentin Rybakov. The Agreement on co-operation between the Government of Punjab and the Minsk Region Executive Committee of Belarus was signed by Chief Secretary, Punjab Khizar Hayat Gondal and Deputy Chairman of Minsk Regional Executive Committee O.Plavski.
The Agreement on co-operation between the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and the Brest Branch of Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) was inked by President KCCI Younis Muhammad Bashir and Chairman BCCI M Miatlikov. The agreement on co-operation between the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and the Mogilev Branch of Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) was inked by President Lahore CCI Sheikh Muhammad Arshad and Chairman BCCI M.Miatlikov. The agreement between the City District Government, Lahore, Punjab and the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee (MREC) on the establishment and development of commerce-economic, scientific-technical and cultural ties was signed by Chief Secretary, Punjab Khizar Hayat Gondal and Deputy Chairman MREC V.Nekrashevich.
PROTOCOLS: The Protocol to the Agreement on mutual co-operation between the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (Pakistan) and Ministry of Education (Belarus) in the field of education was signed by State Minister for Education Balighur Rehman and Education Minister of Belarus Zhuravkov. The Co-operation Protocol between the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad and the Belarusian State University, Minsk was signed by Special Assistant to PM Tariq Fatemi and Education Minister of Belarus Zhuravkov. The Protocol on co-operation between the Government of Balochistan and the Brest Regional Executive Committee, Belarus was inked by Chief Secretary, Balochistan Saifullah Chattha and Deputy Chairman of Brest Regional Executive Committee Mr A.Klets.
MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING (MoUs): Two MoUs were signed between the Ministry for National Food Security and Research, Pakistan and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Belarus on co-operation in veterinary and sanitary field and also in the field of plant quarantine and application of phyto-sanitary measures. The respective Ministers Sikandar Hayat Bosan and Zayats signed the documents.
The MoU on co-operation between the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Vitebsk Region, Belarus was signed by Chief Secretary, KPK Amjad Ali Khan and Chairman of Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee N. Shertnev.
The government of Sindh signed two MoUs on trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural-humanitarian collaboration with Gomel Regional Executive Committee, Belarus and the Regional Executive Committee of Grodno, Belarus. The respective documents were signed by Chief Secretary, Sindh Siddique Memon, Deputy Chairman of Gomel Regional Executive Committee A.Pirshtouk and Deputy Chairman of Grodno Regional Executive Committee Y.Shuleiko. The MoU between Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) and Minsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) was inked by President ICCI Atif Ikram Sheikh and Chairman MCCI M. Miatlikov.
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