RAWALPINDI: Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday.
ISPR in the statementsaid, “Abdulaziz Kamilov, Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff.” Lieutenant General Faiz Hamid, Director General Inter-Services Intelligence, was also present during the meeting.
“Matters of mutual interest, overall regional situation including the Afghan Peace Process and bilateral cooperation in various fields were discussed,” ISPR added. “Both reiterated the desire to further enhance bilateral relations including efforts for peace and security in the region,” added the military’s media wing.
The visiting dignitary appreciated Pakistan’s positive role for regional peace and stability, especially Afghan Peace Process and pledged to keep working for better relations between two brotherly countries.
Earlier in the day, Kamilov called on Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad as part of his two-day official visit to the country.
“Pakistan could prove as a gateway to landlocked Central Asia,” the PM said, inviting all Central Asian Republics (CARs) to benefit from the shortest route to international seas.
PM Imran expressed Pakistan’s resolve to forge closer ties with Uzbekistan and other CARs in areas of trade, investment, energy, and people-to-people exchanges.
Expressing appreciation for the proposed trans-Afghan railway project between Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, the PM underscored Pakistan’s commitment to supporting all efforts for the early realization of the important connectivity project.
The prime minister fondly recalled his interactions with President Mirziyoyev in Beijing and Bishkek, reiterating his invitation to the Uzbek president to visit Pakistan.
Underlining the historic and civilizational links between the two countries, the prime minister underlined that Pakistan highly valued its close fraternal ties with Uzbekistan and wished to deepen bilateral cooperation in all areas.
He particularly emphasized that enhanced trade and regional connectivity were the cornerstones of economic growth and development. In the context of South Asia, he underscored that durable peace and economic development in the region hinged on peaceful resolution of long-standing unresolved disputes.
