Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Mr. Shafqat Mahmood was called on by H.E Mr. Andrei Ermolovich, Ambassador of Belarus to Pakistan today in Islamabad. The meeting was also attended by Federal Secretary Education, Mr. Arshad Mirza. Education Minister welcomed the Belarus Ambassador and stated that Pakistan and Belarus enjoy good relations in the field of Education and Professional Training and this government’s top most priority is Education and we would like to promote our cooperation with Belarus in this field. He said that a number of MoUs and Protocols have been signed between Pakistan and Belarus but we need to work on their rapid implementation and further strengthening this cooperation. Mr. Shafqat Mahmood said that the Joint Ministerial Committee on Education between the two countries will be made more efficient and effective. Minister also thanked the Belarus ambassador for the technical support that was provided to Pakistan by Belarus in the establishment of Skill University. “Pakistan will seek and benefit from the support & expertise of Belarus in the field of Skill Development and will now start exploring new avenues of cooperation in the field of education and skill development”, added Shafqat Mahmood. The Belarus Ambassador, H.E. Mr. Andrei Ermolovich congratulated the Education Minister and said that a number of agreements and protocols have been signed by Belarus with all the major universities and with the Provincial and Federal Government for the Promotion of Education between the two countries. “We will provide Pakistan all out support in field of Education and Skill Development and besides the implementation of existing protocols, can work on new projects”, added the ambassador. Both sides agreed to hold further meetings and to coordinate for the progress of education and increased cooperation between both countries. Earlier, the Federal Minister for Education was also called on by Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, Mr. Erik Beishembiev and in the call on the prospects of Pakistan-Kyrgyzstan cooperation in the field of education was discussed. Both sides agreed on the establishment of linkages between Universities of Pakistan and Kyrgyz in the field of Medical, Agriculture, Defense and Strategic Studies and agreed to work for the promotion of Skill development. ***** ?
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