Pakistan, Canada to identify new avenues for cooperation

Pakistan and Canada have expressed their readiness to improve the implementation of existing agreements and identify new avenues for cooperation.

An understanding to this effect came at the 6th Round of Bilateral Political Consultations between Pakistan and Canada in Islamabad.

The two sides emphasized the importance of strengthening trade and economic cooperation including greater support to business communities, facilitation of the trade delegations and enhanced institutional linkages.

They emphasized cooperation in trade and investment, agriculture and agri-tech, mining and minerals, energy, climate change, artificial intelligence and information and communications technology, skilled workforce development, education and research, tourism and  people-to-people exchanges as key drivers for taking the relationship forward. They also underscored the central role of investment in achieving sustainable and mutually beneficial growth and agreed to work towards encouraging private sector to explore emerging opportunities.

The two sides also exchanged views on the evolving global and regional environment and discussed key multilateral issues of mutual interest. 

Both sides agreed to maintain regular consultations and expressed confidence that sustained engagement would lead to new progress in the bilateral partnership.