Minsk: Pakistan and Belarus have agreed to enhance their collaboration in diverse fields of mutual interest.
This came at a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko at Minsk in Belarus today (Friday).
Later in a press stakeout, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan desires to learn from the expertise of Belarus in manufacturing of agricultural and mining equipment.
The Prime Minister said Pakistan is an agrarian economy and its sixty-five percent of population resides in rural areas.
He said joint ventures between the companies of both the countries to manufacture agriculture equipment in Pakistan will be a win-win situation. He said we also want to learn from the experience of Belarus to enhance our per acre yield.
The Prime Minister also highlighted the mineral deposits in Pakistan saying these are to the tune of trillions of dollars. He emphasized on cooperation in this sector as well as in defence, textile and public transport.
Shehbaz Sharif thanked Belarus for its decision to invite about one hundred and fifty thousand young and highly skilled manpower from Pakistan. He assured this highly skilled workforce, to be sent to Belarus, will be duly certified.
Earlier, the two sides exchanged signed documents of the agreements and Memorandums of Understanding.
These agreements and MoUs were related to Interior, Defence, Environment, Trade and Economy.
