By News DeskCOLOMBO: Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Tuesday agreed to further strengthen bilateral relations in diverse areas, including trade, investment, science and technology, and culture through.
Imran, Rajapaksa vow to reinforce bilateral ties
PM says his visit to island nation aims at strengthening trade and economic ties through enhanced connectivity
PM Imran meets his Sri Lankan counterpart in Colombo. PHOTO: FACEBOOK/@ImranKhanOfficial
ISLAMBAD:
Pakistan and Sri Lanka have agreed to further strengthen their bilateral relations in diverse areas, including trade, investment, science and technology, and culture through enhanced connectivity, leaders of the two South Asian countries announced after their talks here on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Imran Khan, who arrived in Colombo on a two-day official visit, held wide-ranging talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart, Mahinda Rajapaksa, which focused on reinforcing the broad-based and enduring partnership between the two countries.
Pakistan announces $50 million defence credit line facility to Sri Lanka Wed 24th February 2021 | 07:43 PM
Pakistan on Wednesday offered $50 million new credit line to Sri Lanka for cooperation in the field of defence and security
COLOMBO, Islamabad, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Feb, 2021 ):Pakistan on Wednesday offered $50 million new credit line to Sri Lanka for cooperation in the field of defence and security.
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Imran Khan, who concluded his two-day official visit to the island nation, said the Joint Communique issued by the foreign ministries of the two countries from Colombo and Islamabad. The two sides stressed the need for stronger partnership for supporting and coordinating with each other in dealing with matters related to security, terrorism, organized crime, and drug and narcotic trafficking as well as intelligence-sharing, the Communique read.
Posted on February 23rd, 2021
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Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on Tuesday (February 23) said he looks forward to expand trade relations with Sri Lanka through China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) flagship program.
CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Balochistan with China’s Xinjiang Province, is the flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
In a joint statement issued with his Sri Lankan counterpart PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Pakistani Premier said this visit is to strengthen our bilateral relations between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, especially trading ties.
The focus of the bilateral discussion has also fell on enhancing trade ties between the two countries in order for Sri Lanka to benefit from Pakistan’s connectivity up to Central Asia.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that defence and security cooperation to end the menace of terrorism are of equal importance to both Pakistan and Sri Lanka.He said that Pakistan has offered Sri Lanka a credit line of $15 .