ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador to Italy, Ali Javed has called on Italian Police Chief Vittorio Pisani, at the Police Headquarters in Rome and discussed matter of mutual interest, official media reported on Thursday.
Central Director for Immigration and Border Police assisted the Police Chief of Italy along with other delegates while Pakistan’s envoy was assisted by Deputy Head of Mission and Third Secretary, APP reported.
During the hour-long discussion, the two sides noted with satisfaction the trajectory of bilateral relations and admitted the well-established services and contributions of 300,000 Pakistanis staying in Italy.
Pakistan’s Ambassador Meets Italian Police Chief
With more than half having acquired Italian nationals, Pakistanis in Italy are highest across Europe. Both sides have a Dual Citizenship Agreement since 1983. Over 3000 Pakistani students are currently studying in different institutions of Italy.
The two sides welcomed the meeting between their prime ministers at COP-28 in Dubai, UAE last month and lauded their historically cordial and cooperative relations and tradition of high-level exchanges firmly embedded in sentiments of mutual trust.
They also discussed past two sessions of ‘Bilateral Consular Consultations’ (BCC) held under the umbrella of ‘Bilateral Political Consultations’ led by Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary with the Italian Secretary General.
Under consideration treaties and agreements were discussed with concurrence to finalize them at the next BCC, dates and venue for which is being determined, APP reported.
The ambassador underscored the placement of new position of ‘Immigration Liaison Officer’ from Pakistan at Consulate General of Pakistan in Milan, as a positive step towards fostering bilateral cooperation and closer coordination over consular matters.
While thanking the cooperation on migration matters, the police chief expressed support for students and family reunion visas and added that immigration section at Italian Embassy in Islamabad was also being reinforced with new position of ‘Immigration Liaison Officer’. Both positions are likely to be filled next month.
