Ayaz Sadiq meets Korean counterpart

Assembly speaker calls Pakistan a ‘promising market’ for Korean technological and manufacturing expertise

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has said that Pakistan is committed to a sustained and comprehensive bilateral engagement with the Republic of Korea.

He was speaking to the assembly speaker of the Republic of Korea Chung Sye-Kyun who called on him at the Parliament House in Islamabad on Monday.

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Sye-Kyun called Pakistan a ‘promising market’ for Korean technological and manufacturing expertise.

Convener of the Pak-Korean Friendship Group, Qaiser Ahmad Sheikh was also present in the meeting. Wide range of issues including enhancing parliamentary and economic ties between Pakistan and Korea came under discussion.

Ayaz Sadiq said that Pakistan’s strong agricultural base, richness in natural resources and Korean expertise in manufacturing and technology “offers immense scope for joint collaboration”.

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He added: “Pakistan pursues inter-regional and intra-regional connectivity with an unflinching resolve and Korea shines prominently in Pakistan’s strategic calculations for spurring innovation and technological advancement.”

The NA speaker urged his Korean counterpart to play a role in facilitating Pakistan’s access to Korean market and assured him that Pakistan’s political leadership would reciprocate the gesture of friendship.

He said Pakistan believes in peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute and wants peace and security in the region as it is essential for prosperity and development. He urged the international community to take notice of the deteriorating situation in the Indian Occupied Kashmir and condemn the Indian brutalities.