ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to pay a two-day official visit to Azerbaijan from Wednesday (June 14-15) on the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev.
The members of the federal cabinet representing the priority areas of cooperation with Azerbaijan will be part of the prime minister’s entourage, according to the Foreign Office.
The prime minister will hold wide-ranging talks with President Ilham Aliyev on key areas of cooperation including trade, investment and energy.
Regional and global issues of mutual concern and cooperation in multilateral forums will also be discussed.
The Pakistan-Azerbaijan relationship is embedded in commonalities of faith, culture and history, and strengthened by mutual trust and convergence of views on regional and global matters.
Frequent leadership-level exchanges highlight the bonds of friendship between the two countries and contribute to closer multifaceted cooperation for the mutual benefit of the people of Pakistan and Azerbaijan.
Last week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid a two-day official visit to Turkiye where he attended President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s oath-taking ceremony on June 3.
On the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister attended his oath-taking ceremony in Ankara on June 3.
During his stay, the prime minister also held interaction with the world leaders and discussed bilateral ties and cooperation in diverse fields between Pakistan and their respective countries.
He also held meetings with various delegations of business and trade companies and entities of Turkiye and discussed prospects of vast business and investment potential existed between the two brotherly countries in various sectors.
The prime minister’s visit was a reaffirmation of the deep-rooted fraternal ties between Pakistan and Turkiye.
The prime minister conveyed warm felicitations on behalf of the government and people of Pakistan to President Erdogan on his re-election as President of Turkiye on May 28.
