Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif attended a ceremony to mark 50 years of Bangladesh’s membership of the United Nations on the invitation of its Chief Advisor Dr Muhammad Yunus, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, Minister for Federal Education Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and Special Assistant Tariq Fatemi accompanied the prime minister.
Dr Muhammad Younis warmly welcomed the Prime Minister and his delegation at the ceremony held on Tuesday night on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The two leaders agreed to promote cooperation between Pakistan and Bangladesh in various fields. There was a positive discussion regarding the expansion of bilateral relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held meeting with the Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak and expressed Pakistan’s keenness interests to further strengthen ties between the two brother Islamic countries. In the meeting held on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly Session here, the prime minister affirmed the longstanding cordial relations between the two brotherly countries. The two leaders also reviewed the entire spectrum of bilateral relations, ranging from political, economic and defense cooperation to people-people exchanges. Prime Minister Shehbaz expressed his desire to engage with Kuwait in mutually beneficial economic investments under the rubric of the Special Investment Facilitation Council. The two leaders affirmed to closely collaborate bilaterally, as well as on regional and global issues of mutual interest.