Pakistan to join Ashgabat Agreement, Lapis Lazuli Corridor
In an try to normalise ties, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday hold a one on one assembly with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on a sidelines of Global Sustainable Transport Conference in Ashgabat.
Bilateral family between a dual countries and informal issues were discussed during the meeting, Radio Pakistan reported.
The deepening Pak-Afghan divide
Addressing a conference, PM Nawaz announced that Pakistan is set to join a Ashgabat Agreement and Lapis Lazuli Corridor.
Meanwhile, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif spoke to Afghan Chief Executive Dr Abdullah Abdullah over a phone, DG ISPR Asim Bajwa confirmed. According to Bajwa, Gen Raheel done a ‘farewell call’ to Abdullah.
Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Raheel Sharif done a phone call to Chief Executive Abdullah as a farewell contention final night.
— Dr. Abdullah (@afgexecutive) November 26, 2016
“Gen Raheel is also scheduled to call Ashraf Ghani,” Bajwa told The Express Tribune in a content message.
The two-day Global Sustainable Transport Conference began in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on Saturday to prominence a elemental purpose of tolerable ride in fighting meridian change.
Addressing a conference, PM Nawaz said, “Regional connectivity and mercantile formation are pivotal pillars of Pakistan’s policy.
“Development of ride zone is Pakistan’s top priority,” he said, adding that Pakistan can turn a centre of informal ties.
The premier pronounced pacific community has remained a normal of Pakistan’s unfamiliar process and no growth policies can produce fruit but assent and security.
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The contention will plead purpose of integrated and tolerable ride including rail, aviation, packet and nautical in ancillary a feat of Sustainable Development Goals.
Pakistan is penetrating on improving connectivity with Central Asian States by substantiating ride and communication links. These links will be gainful to daub a intensity of trade, mercantile interaction, people-to-people contacts and tourism.
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