UAE to support Pakistan's UNSC non-permanent seat bid

UAE to hold business exhibition in Karachi in the near future.

ISLAMABAD: United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday extended its support to Pakistan for its candidacy for a United Nation’s Security Council non-permanent seat.

UAE’s ambassador Essa Abdulla Al Basha Al Nuaimi, who called on Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani at the PM House on Wednesday. The two discussed matters ranging from flood relief efforts to and issues of bilateral trade.

Gilani said Pakistan was looking forward to become a member of the Council of Gulf Countries to become partner with others for promoting the cause of peace, stability and prosperity in the region.

The Prime Minister also appreciated the generous assistance of the UAE government during natural calamities in Pakistan including the devastating earthquake, last years’s floods and in the aftermath of the rains in Sindh providing relief items and supporting rehabilitation.

The Prime Minister appreciated the work done by UAE now underway in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which would go a long way in improving the quality of life of the people of the province.

The Prime Minister thanked the UAE government in the completion of the development projects in Southern Punjab and especially in Rahim Yar Khan from where his son was elected unopposed.

The Ambassador said 2.5 million Pakistanis in the UAE are contributing in the country’s economic development and the host government considered it valuable in every sense of the word.

He said people of UAE and the government value the relations between the two brotherly countries as it provided sound basis for relations on the long terms basis.

The Ambassador said his government was planning an exhibition in Karachi in the near future in which a large number of members of the business community would participate providing good opportunity to them to understand the dynamics of trading in this part of the region.