GILGIT, Pakistan: The Ambassador of Sweden to Pakistan Ingrid Johanson on Friday said that every possible support would be provided to the Gilgit-Baltistan government for promotion of tourism sector besides providing scholarship to students to get quality education in Sweden.
In a meeting with the Gilgit-Baltistan Governor Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan at Governor House in Gilgit during which they discussed matters of mutual interest, the Sweden ambassador assured of making contact with Swedish universities and other organizations to introduce such programmes aimed to provide scholarship to students of Gilgit-Baltistan and other provinces of Pakistan.
Johsan said that a comprehensive tour to Sweden would be arranged for the staff of Karakurm International University for their capacity building purposes.
The Swedish envoy highly appreciated the high literacy rate, hospitality and beautification of the valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan.
The governor said that Gilgit-Baltistan was an important region of Pakistan and was a centre of tourism where hundreds of thousands of tourists come here every year.
Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan urged the Sweden ambassador to provide scholarship to students of Pakistan especially Gilgit-Baltistan for education in Swedish universities so that they can get quality education there.