Pakistan seeks enhanced cooperation with Croatia in key sectors

Pakistan expressed on Thursday its desire to further strengthen bilateral cooperation with Croatia, particularly through enhanced trade and investment, information technology, connectivity, agriculture, tourism and skilled manpower.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed this during his meeting with H.E. Dr Gordan Grlić Radman, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

During the meeting, the PM welcomed the Croatian foreign minister and his delegation to Pakistan.

He stated that Pakistan enjoyed friendly relations with Croatia, marked by cordiality, mutual respect and shared interest.

“While conveying his warm regards and good wishes to President Zoran Milanovic and Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, the prime minister extended an invitation to both leaders to undertake official visits to Pakistan, at their kind convenience,” the press release said.

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The Croatian minister thanked PM Shehbaz for the warm welcome and said that he was honoured to visit Islamabad and congratulated Pakistan and its leadership on playing a prominent role in regional peace efforts.

He also expressed his government’s desire to enhance Pakistan-Croatia ties in all areas of mutual interest.

Pakistan and Croatia share developing bilateral relations, with a strong focus on enhancing trade and people-to-people contacts, although current trade volumes are acknowledged as “not strong enough”.

Both nations are actively working to improve trade ties, read the statement.