Pakistan is offering Kyrgyzstan broad opportunities to open transport routes to its ports, including the strategic ports of Karachi and Gwadar.
Sea-news.az reports citing the press service of the President of Kyrgyzstan, that Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated this during negotiations with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov in Bishkek.
He emphasized that Islamabad attaches special importance to strengthening comprehensive cooperation with Bishkek and confirmed its readiness for active joint work on the implementation of reached agreements. According to Sharif, a dynamic political dialogue creates a reliable foundation for the future development of trade and economic relations between the countries. In this regard, he has set a target to increase bilateral trade turnover to 200 million dollars annually in the coming years.
The Prime Minister also congratulated the leadership and people of Kyrgyzstan on the 35th anniversary of the country’s independence, the successful holding of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, and the opening of the 6th World Nomad Games.
At the conclusion of the talks, S. Japarov and Sh. Sharif emphasized the high level of friendship, mutual trust, and understanding between the two countries. Furthermore, the parties signed and exchanged 15 bilateral documents covering political, trade-economic, law enforcement, educational, scientific-technical, and humanitarian fields.
The leaders of the two countries expressed confidence that the reached agreements will lay the groundwork for the implementation of specific projects and new initiatives within the framework of the Kyrgyzstan-Pakistan partnership.
