President Mamnoon Hussain offers to provide higher education and training facilities to Albania.
Pakistan and Albania have agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in economic, trade and cultural fields.
The understanding came at a meeting
between the President Mamnoon Hussain with his Albanian counterpart
Bujar Nishani on the sidelines of centenary celebrations of Canakkale
battles at Istanbul in Turkey today.
President Mamnoon Hussain also offered to provide higher education and training facilities to Albania.
He said that high level contacts are necessary for maintaining and expanding friendly relations between Pakistan and Albania.
The President said that Pakistan values
its relations with Albania which are marked by goodwill and cordiality
and expressed confidence that the relations between the two countries
will grow stronger in the years ahead.
Mamnoon Hussain said that parliamentary
relations are an important pillar of bilateral relations. He said a
Pakistan - Albania Parliamentary Friendship Group already exists in
Pakistan's National Assembly and we look forward to the formation of a
similar group in Albanian Parliament.
The President stated that the volume of
bilateral trade between the two countries is below potential and called
for exploring ways and means to further expand it. He underscored that
bilateral trade can be enhanced further with greater interaction between
the Chamber of Commerce of the two countries.
The President emphasized that both
countries need to work on establishing institutional framework and
linkages to further the bilateral cooperation. He underlined the need to
work toward increasing bilateral collaboration through cultural and
people to people contacts.
The President said that negative
propaganda is being carried out against Islam and called upon all Muslim
countries to take collective measures to address the situation.
Albanian President Bujar Nishani said
that people of Albania consider Pakistan a sincere friend and Albania
desires expansion of bilateral relations with Pakistan. He said that
Pakistan could take advantage form Albania's expertise in textile,
tourism, mining, energy and agriculture sectors.
President Mamnoon Hussain also conveyed
the sentiments of solidarity of the people of Pakistan with the Albanian
people on the recent floods that caused widespread damage and
displacements.
President of Albania also extended
invitation to his Pakistani counterpart to visit Albania and a similar
offer was made by President Mamnoon Hussain to Albanian President.
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