Pakistan desires to further strengthen partnership with Belgium: Qureshi
BRUSSELS, Dec 07 (SABAH): Foreign Minister Shah Makhdoom Mahmood Qureshi has said the international community will have to undertake serious and effective steps to control humanitarian crisis, revive economy and for durable peace and stability in Afghanistan.
He was talking to the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Belgium Sophie Wilmes in Brussels on Tuesday.
The Foreign Minister said Pakistan is hosting an extraordinary meeting of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers on the 19th of this month to draw the world’s attention towards the grave economic situation of Afghanistan. He said a peaceful Afghanistan is not only in Pakistan’s interest, but the entire region.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi also apprised his Belgian counterpart about the human rights violations being committed by occupation forces in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
On the bilateral relations, the Foreign Minister said Pakistan desires to further strengthen partnership with Belgium in different spheres, including economy, trade, education, science and politics.
The Belgian Foreign Minister expressed satisfaction over the positive progress in bilateral relations between the two countries. He also thanked Pakistan’s cooperation in safe evacuation of foreign nationals from Afghanistan.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has arrived in Brussels on a three-day visit to Belgium to co-chair the 6th round of Pakistan-EU Strategic Dialogue.
He is undertaking the visit on the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sophie Wilmes.
The Foreign Minister was received by Pakistan Ambassador Zaheer Aslam and other officials at the Brussels International Airport.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi will meet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Belgium Parliamentarians and Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).
The Foreign Minister will also meet and address members of the Pakistani diaspora residing in Belgium and Luxembourg.