Pakistan, Bosnia agree to promote bilateral ties

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bosnia Tuesday agreed to enhance their bilateral ties in different fields especially in defence, trade and investment with promoting exchange of visits at various levels between the two countries.
President Asif Ali Zardari and President of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bakir Izetbegovic addressing a joint press conference following bilateral talks here at Aiwan-e-Sadr said both the countries agreed that there is great potential to be explored to enhance bilateral trade and cooperation in various fields including defence, energy and trade.
President Zardari said, "We agree that there is great goodwill in the hearts of the people of our two countries that will help in further increasing relations."
He said there is desire on both sides to strengthen relations and take them forward.
The President said there is also a need to transform the goodwill ties into concrete cooperation.
President Zardari said, "We appreciate the interest of Bosnian University of the Presidency to explore possibilities for cooperation in the educational field."
He said both the presidents, discussed global issues of common concern including terrorism, extremism and narcotics.
"We agreed to continue our close cooperation in international forums on issues of mutual interest," said President Zardari.
Referring to cooperation in trade, the President Zardari said MoU has been singed between the Foreign Trade Agency of Bosnia and the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industries.
He said, "We hope that Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) being negotiated between the two countries would also be finalized soon. He said the second round in this negotiations is expected to be held later this month."
The President reiterated Pakistan's commitment to the unity and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Hezegovina.