• Both nations agree to strengthen partnership in trade, defence, agriculture
• Islamabad to send 150,000 skilled workers to Belarus

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Belarus on Friday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation across various sectors, including agriculture, food security, industry, trade and defence.

During a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, both sides signed several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and agreed to send 150,000 skilled Pakistani youth to Belarus to support its nation-building efforts. A comprehensive strategy for this initiative will be developed soon.

Both sides also agreed to collaborate and expand cooperation in the manufacturing of agricultural machinery, electric buses, and in the area of food security.

Furthermore, the two leaders reiterated their resolve to boost defence and business-to-business cooperation.

The two sides discussed matters relating to trade, investment and regional issues and expressed satisfaction over the recent progress on all aspects of the bilateral relations.