Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held a bilateral meeting with the Belarusian Prime Minister, Mr. Roman Golovchenko, at the margins of the SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) Meeting, in Islamabad today. Welcoming Belarus’ participation in the SCO CHG Meeting, Prime Minister felicitated Belarus on becoming SCO's full member and reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to working closely with Belarus in fostering the “Shanghai Spirit”. Recalling his warm and productive meeting with President Aleksandr Lukashenko in Astana in July earlier this year, Prime Minister stated that regular high-level exchanges had imparted a positive momentum to the cordial ties between the two countries, which needed to be sustained so as to realize the full potential of bilateral cooperation, particularly in the areas of trade, investment, agricultural machinery and joint production of tractors and connectivity. Mr. Golovchenko warmly congratulated Pakistan on successful conduct of the SCO CHG Meeting and its positive outcomes. He thanked Pakistan for the warm welcome and hospitality extended to him and his delegation. Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko assured that Belarus would closely collaborate with Pakistan, in its capacity as SCO CHG Chair, to promote the organization’s purposes, principles and priorities. Mr. Golovchenko expressed satisfaction over the positive direction of bilateral relationship between the two countries and reciprocated Pakistan’s desire to further strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation across all spheres of shared interest through joint efforts.
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