ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday that Pakistan and Afghanistan needed to cooperate with each other to eradicate the menace of militancy.
In a meeting with the Afghan Ambassador Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal in Islamabad during which they reviewed the current state of Pak-Afghan economic cooperation and trade activities, the minister said that peace and security would ultimately promote economic prosperity for the people in the region, Dar said
The finance minister said that Pakistan strongly believed in and pursued the policy of good neighbourly relations and was a staunch supporter of regional connectivity and cooperation.
Ishaq Dar said that the government and people of Pakistan aspired to see peace and progress being realized in the brotherly Muslim Country Afghanistan and expected these feelings being reciprocated.
The afghan ambassador said that Afghanistan sought deep rooted cooperation with Pakistan and would extend all possible assistance to achieve a peaceful environment which would facilitate development of cordial bilateral ties.
