ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jillani and the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi called on Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar seperatley here on Tuesday.
The minister in his meeting with Ambassador Jillani discussed follow-up action on decisions taken during Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit to the US with particular focus on enhancing economic and trade relations between the two countries.
They also exchanged views on Pakistan's active participation in the recently held conference in Paris on the issue of climate change, a subject which received due focus during the Prime Minister's US visit.
Appreciating Ambassador Jillani's dedication and resolve to further the cause of Pak-US relations, the minister said the Pak-US economic relations had grown from strength to strength and would further continue to be characterized by vast untapped potential.
"There is need to act towards strengthening this important component of relationship as was resolved between President Barak Obama and Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif during the PM's visit," the minister said, according to a press statement of the Ministry of Finance.
Dar emphasized that due focus be laid on the meeting of Pak-US Working Group on finance and economic cooperation due early next year and hoped that it would help strengthen bilateral economic ties.
Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN Dr Maleeha Lodhi, during her courtesy call, apprised the minister of her efforts to positively project Pakistan's standpoint on various issues of national and international significance at the international forum.
She particularly mentioned the issue of Kashmir and Pakistan's continued efforts to eradicate the menace of militancy, which had received international recognition.
Ishaq Dar appreciated her efforts for highlighting the Kashmiris' cause at the UN.
He said the government was now also focused on rehabilitation of the temporarily displaced persons and hoped that the international community would lend its due support in the matter.
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