British envoy pledges to work for better ties in meeting with COAS

ISPR says matters of mutual interest including regional security situation discussed

British High Commissioner Thomas Drew has pledged to keep working for better relations between the two countries in a meeting with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Matters of mutual interest including regional security situation were discussed, said a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Thursday.

The meeting came a day after the army chief assured the Chinese envoy that the CPEC is Pakistan’s economic future and its security will not be compromised.



The meeting between the Chinese envoy and the army chief came against the backdrop of a recent report by Financial Times which quoted the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Textile and Commerce Abdul Razzak Daud as saying that the newly formed federal government might revisit the CPEC projects.