BRUSSELS, Belgium: The Minister of State Hina Rabbani Khar visited Belgium’s Capital Brussels on an official visit on Monday, aiming at to strengthen bilateral ties between Pakistan and Belgium across all areas of cooperation with a particular focus on labour mobility from both Countries.
Commencing her official engagements, the Minister of State held a meeting with the Belgian Secretary of State for Migration and Asylum Nicole de Moor.
MOS @HinaRKhar today met with Belgian Secretary of State @Nicole_demoor on Asylum & Migration to discuss MoU on Labor Partnership btw Pakistan & Belgium. Emphasized on creating early opportunities for labour mobility from Pakistan to Belgium.
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— Spokesperson 🇵🇰 MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) June 12, 2023
During the meeting, constructive discussions were held on enhancing cooperation in the field of labour mobility.
Hina Rabbani Khar also met the Chair of the Pakistan Belgium Parliamentary Friendship Group Senator Allessia Cleas.
MOS @HinaRKhar met Chairperson Pakistan-Belgium Parliamentary Friendship Group, Senator @allessiaclaes. Emphasized importance of deepening parliamentary cooperation & ppl to ppl contacts between Pakistan & Belgium.
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— Spokesperson 🇵🇰 MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) June 12, 2023
The discussions focused on fostering stronger ties between the two nations and exploring avenues for increasing trade and investment cooperation.
Both sides emphasized the mutual benefits of promoting people-to-people contacts as enhancing parliamentary interactions.
The Minister of State Hina Rabbani Khar invited the Belgian Parliamentary members to visit Pakistan and build on the excellent people to people ties between the two Countries.
Pakistan attaches great significance to its relations with Belgium, that are embedded in history with an important focus on trade, investment and educational cooperation.