Cooperation: Pakistan, Azerbaijan agree to boost ties

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APP March 12, 2015

BAKU: Pakistan and Azerbaijan on Wednesday agreed to promote cooperation in the areas of economy, energy, security, trade, tourism, transport, science and technology, environment, sports, culture and education. The agreement was reached between President Mamnoon Hussain and his Azeri counterpart Ilham Heydar Aliyev who signed a joint declaration after holding one on one meeting which was followed by delegation level talks. The two sides also signed various agreements. Both the countries also agreed to cooperate on human rights issues.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2015.

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Usman | 9 years ago | Reply Pakistan and Azerbaijan are two brotherly Muslim countries with unique commonalities of historical, religious and political nature. Both sides have reiterated to further strengthen existing bilateral ties through enhanced interaction. Economic diplomacy is the mantra of both the countries in this regard, effective measures and mechanism have already been initiated to take advantage comparative advantages of each other. Energy projects may decrease the high ratio of the energy shortage in the country as according to government officials, Pakistan faces 3,000MW to 4,000MW electricity shortfall per day.
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