MINSK, 11 April (BelTA) - Belarus and Pakistan must implement the reached agreements, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif in Minsk on 11 April, BelTA has learned.
Welcoming the distinguished guest, the head of state noted that Shehbaz Sharif visited the Belarusian capital together with his father still as a child. “I hope this city as well as entire Belarus have become close to you,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
The president said that on 10 April he and the prime minister of Pakistan held a meeting which lasted for about three hours. The parties discussed many issues on the international agenda, recent developments around the two countries, and talked about the prospects of bilateral relations. “We have developed very good relations. The relations are, as you, Mr. Prime Minister, rightly said, family-like. Therefore, we will always maintain this level of relations, and I am sure that after this visit we have no right to decide not to implement our agreements,” the Belarusian leader stressed.
The Pakistani delegation to Belarus includes many large businessmen who are interested in establishing “concrete relations with domestic enterprises in specific areas”, the head of state said.
“You know that we have a machine-building country, well-developed agriculture. I know very well what Pakistan needs. You also know very well what Belarus needs from Pakistan. I think that during this visit the members of the government and heads of large companies have already reached many cooperation agreements,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
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