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Pakistan, Russia: Ministers discuss enhancing cooperation

They also agreed on making joint efforts to enhance trade and economic cooperation between the two countries

APP November 17, 2017

Container boxes are seen at a port. PHOTO: REUTERS

ISLAMABAD: Minister of Commerce Pervaiz Malik recently held a meeting with Russian Minister for Industry and Trade Denis Manturov and expressed interest in further strengthening cooperation in all fields of mutual interest.

Malik, who is currently visiting Moscow to attend the Ministerial Meeting under Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), met the minister on the sidelines of the event. The two ministers expressed satisfaction at the upward trajectory of bilateral relations and expressed interest in further strengthening cooperation.

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They also agreed on making joint efforts to enhance trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. On the occasion Malik extended invitation to Manturov for a visit to Pakistan at his earliest convenience, which was responded to positively and accepted.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 17^th, 2017.

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