Islamabad (TDI): Pakistan and United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to strengthen bilateral collaboration in multiple sectors, including culture, trade and consular affairs.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar and UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed al Nahyan inked an MoU between the UAE ministry of culture and the culture division of Pakistan to advance cooperation in culture sector.
They also signed an MoU for establishment of joint committee for consular affairs.
Meanwhile, the two sides witnessed the exchange of an MoU inked between the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the establishment of the UAE Pakistan Joint Business Council.
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UAE Assistant Minister for Economic and Trade affairs Saeed Mubarak Al Hajeri and President FPCCI Atif Ikram Sheikh exchanged the inked documents.
Earlier, welcoming the UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ishaq Dar said the two nations had decades old fraternal ties based on shared commitments, and love and affection.
He said the two nations were working together for the benefit and welfare of their people.
Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed al Nahyan said he was pleased to see the hospitality during his trip to Pakistan, “a country which is close to our hearts in UAE and also to my heart personally”.
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Expressing satisfaction over the existing pace of the bilateral ties, he said the leadership of the two nations wanted to further strengthen the relationship.
