ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Pakistan Park Ki Jun met Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad on Monday.
The Korean ambassador congratulated the prime minister on behalf of the Korean leadership upon his re-election.
The prime minister thanked the Korean leadership for the warm message of greetings that he received and expressed the desire to work closely to further strengthen bilateral ties.
H.E. Mr. Park Ki Jun, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Pakistan, called on the Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif.
”Pakistan is keen to learn from Korea’s industrialization and SME sector growth, as well as their expertise in IT, including artificial intelligence.”
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The prime minister said that Pakistan and Korea enjoy good relations, particularly in trade and investment. He said both Countries had cooperated since the early 1960s for economic development and conveyed admiration for Korea’s remarkable transformation into a modern technologically advanced economy.
Shahbaz Sharif added that Pakistan was keen to learn from Korea’s experience of industrialization and SME sector growth as well as in the field of IT including Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The prime minister also offered to enhance export of skilled manpower from Pakistan to meet Korea’s human resource needs.
To promote mutually beneficial trade, he proposed the exchange of business delegations between Seoul and Islamabad.
In this regard, the prime minister said that he would instruct relevant Cabinet Ministers to coordinate with the Korean side to discuss existing investments by Korean companies as well as to explore new opportunities.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif also extended an invitation to President Yoon Suk Yeol to undertake an official visit to Pakistan.
The Korean Ambassador Park Ki Jun thanked the prime minister for receiving him and conveyed the desire of the Korean government to enhance its bilateral cooperation with Pakistan in a number of areas of mutual interest, particularly trade, investment, IT, culture, tourism and people to people exchanges.
