Korean Ambassador to Pakistan Song Jong-Hwan met Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, here on Thursday. Matters of mutual interest, promotion of bilateral relations and cooperation in agriculture, livestock and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sectors were discussed in the meeting.
The Korean Ambassador on behalf of his government assured all out cooperation to Punjab in agriculture, livestock and SMEs sectors. The Chief Minister said that there are strong friendly and economic relations between Pakistan and Korea and the time has come to further strengthen economic and trade ties between the two countries. He said that exchange of delegations is of vital importance for strengthening of economic and trade relations between Korea and Pakistan.
The chief minister welcomed the offer of cooperation by Korea in agriculture, livestock and SMEs sectors and said that Punjab wants to benefit from Korean technology in these sectors. He said that village movement model of Korea has been very successful and the Punjab government wants to benefit from this model. He said that Korean technical assistance will be fully availed for the promotion of SMEs. He said that SMEs management and the use of modern technology will be promoted with the cooperation of Korea.