Lahore, July 06, 2021 (PPI-OT):First woman Ambassador of European Union Ms Androulla Kaminara along with a delegation called on Speaker Punjab Assembly Ch Parvez Elahi at his residence here today (Tuesday). Delegation included Political Affairs, Trade and Communication head Mr Daniel Clauss, Mr Charlie and Information Officer Syed Khawar Hussain. During the meeting views were exchanged regarding prevailing national political situations besides matters of mutual interest.
Speaker Punjab Assembly said that only Kashmir is the basic issue between Pakistan and India, we want Kashmir dispute to be resolved peacefully according to the United Nations Resolutions, civil and military leadership and the entire nation is united on Kashmir issue.
He said that these days’ human rights violations in Indian occupied Kashmir are at their maximum peak, international community should take notice of this, we hope that the European Union will play its role in the peaceful solution of the Kashmir issue and stop the Indian leadership from atrocities in occupied Kashmir for restoration of peace in the region.
Ch Parvez Elahi informed the European Union Ambassador that the present Punjab Assembly has dome record legislation, so far 90 bills have been passed pertaining to education, health, agriculture and different sectors of public welfare, the government is taking different measures for improvement in provision of economy, investment, tourism, education, quality medical facilities. He said that Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with European Union member countries to its mutual friendly and trade relations.
These bilateral trade relations are going along according to the cooperation accord of 2004 while further enhancing trade and investment is also part of five years agreement between European Union and Pakistan since 2012, European Union is second important trade partner of Pakistan, total trade of Pakistan is 14.3 percent in 2020, textile has great importance in Pakistani exports to the European countries, which is 75.2 percent of Pakistan’s total exports in 2020.
Ch Parvez Elahi said that Pakistan’s imports from the European Union basically comprise machinery and transport goods (33.5 percent in 2020) and chemicals (22.2 percent in 2020), exchange of parliamentary delegations between Pakistan will greatly help in further strengthening the relations, your visit will prove important in improving mutual cooperation between Pakistan and European Union.
He said that as the Chief Minister Punjab I established for the first time in the history the Ministry of Minority Affairs and allocated funds for it, restored and repaired churches and granted ownership rights to the kachi abadis and returned educational institutions of the minorities to their churches.
Thanking Ch Parvez Elahi, European Union Ambassador Ms Androulla Kaminara said that the European Union attaches great importance to its relations with Pakistan, in terms of trade Pakistan is a very important country; European Union wants to further enhance its trade with Pakistan particularly in textiles.
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