Tarique Rahman-Shehbaz Sharif meeting in New York: Two countries agree on multifaceted cooperation including trade, investment
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Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have sat in a face-to-face meeting in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. Further strengthening bilateral cooperation between the two countries was the main subject of discussion.
In a post on the social media platform X on Friday (25 September), Shehbaz Sharif said his exchange of views with the Bangladesh prime minister was ‘warm and cordial’.
He said both sides agreed to increase trade, investment, connectivity, education, tourism and people-to-people contact between the two countries to take Bangladesh-Pakistan relations forward.
The Pakistan prime minister further said that maintaining close coordination between the two countries on various regional and global issues and in multilateral forums was also discussed.
At the meeting, Shehbaz Sharif congratulated Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman on his assuming the presidency of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. He also gave assurance of Pakistan’s cooperation in successfully taking forward the General Assembly’s activities.
Heads of government and state of various countries of the world, including Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, are currently staying in New York on the occasion of the UN high-level week.
