Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that his government was working on a new foreign policy for a deeper engagement with central Asian states as part of damage control and to compensate for the poor performance of the previous Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government-led by Imran Khan.
In a tweet on Friday, the prime minister said that during his recent interaction with world leaders, he represented Pakistan as a reliable business partner.
“In all my interactions with world leaders, I am forcefully presenting Pakistan as a credible partner ready to do business,” he said in the tweet.
In the last two months and soon after the devastating floods in Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attended the UNGA summit, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit in Kazakhstan and met with leaders of more than 30 countries.
During his stay in Astana, the prime minister addressed the world leaders at the plenary meeting of the CICA, where he elaborated the significance of the forum aimed at promoting interaction, understanding and collaboration amongst countries across Asia.
During his last interaction at Astana, PM Sharif held meaningful interaction with leaders of various countries including Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Belarus.
