Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday agreed to further enhance brotherly bilateral relations in diverse fields.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with the President of the UAE, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed, and discussed the ways and means to further strengthen bilateral relations.
The meeting took place as the UAE president arrived here on a visit to Pakistan, which the prime minister said l, was his second home.
During their meeting at the Airport, both leaders expressed their commitment to further enhancing brotherly ties between the two countries. PM Shehbaz recalled his recent visit to the United Arab Emirates and emphasized that both countries would work on the understanding reached during his visit to the UAE in various fields.
The UAE President said that the brotherly relations between the two countries are decades old, and his father, who had a deep love for Pakistan and its people, had laid the foundation of their bilateral relations. He further stated that he considered Pakistan his second home and assured the Prime Minister that the UAE would always stand by Pakistan.
PM Shehbaz received UAE president
Earlier, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, landed at Sheikh Zayed International Airport in Rahim Yar Khan today on a private visit to Pakistan.
The UAE President was welcomed at the Airport by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Punjab’s Caretaker Chief Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Syed Tariq Fatemi were also present on this occasion.
“Extremely delighted to receive my brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed, on his arrival in Pakistan, which is his second home. Building on our last meeting, we discussed ways & means to further strengthen our brotherly relations,” the prime minister wrote on Twitter.
