MINSK, 11 April (BelTA) - Belarus and Pakistan have agreed to develop a mechanism to facilitate labor migration, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during an expanded-format meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Minsk on 11 April, BelTA has learned.The head of state said that during the negotiations, the parties discussed an important and sensitive topic of labor resources. The president stated that Pakistan has a significant number of people willing and able to work in Belarus. The leadership of the two countries agreed to develop the necessary mechanism to help labor migrants from Pakistan find a job in Belarus."We have agreed to do our utmost to make sure that our Pakistani friends, workers, farmers, intellectuals and everyone who wishes to work in Belarus will be able to do so. We will provide them with the necessary support,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. "We have also agreed to develop a specific mechanism to assist Pakistan’s people in finding a job in Belarus. We will need their help greatly.
The opening of a direct flight between Islamabad and Minsk will facilitate the implementation of these agreements and will help promote bilateral business and humanitarian contacts. This topic was also discussed during the talks between the two leaders.
"If we promptly establish air service between Islamabad and Minsk, I am confident that we will make significant progress [in developing bilateral business and humanitarian contacts]. Moreover, if we bring in labor resources from Pakistan to Belarus (and we will do it), people will need quick air travel. We are ready to work in this direction and pursue this path," the president concluded.
