ISLTANBUL, Turkey: Pakistan and Guinea would further strengthen their bilateral relations as per understanding reached between Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and President of Guinea Alpha Conde when they met in Istanbul on the sidelines of 9th D-8 Summit on Saturday.
During the meeting, the two leaders discussed ways and means to further strengthen Pakistan-Guinea bilateral ties. They also discussed the prospects of enhanced bilateral cooperation in diverse areas including defence, agriculture, education, railways, banking and construction.
The two leaders were unanimous in the views and endorsed the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s proposal of expanding the D-8 Organization for inclusion of other countries.
The prime minister said Pakistan’s vision for Africa was to develop strong, close cooperative relations by enhancing trade, investment and defense cooperation and establishing joint ventures and public-private partnerships.
Talking about Pak-Guinea cooperation, Abbasi offered Pakistan’s expertise to Guinea in textiles, leather, infrastructure development, information technology as well as to share experience of SMEs with Guinea.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said Pakistan with its expertise and research facilities in agriculture sector could help Guinea to utilize its agricultural resources in an efficient manner.
Discussing the global challenge of terrorism, the prime minister said Pakistan had achieved significant successes to eliminate this menace with national resolve.
The Guinean president said terrorism was a common enemy and needed to be tackled effectively.
President Alpha Conde expressed Guinea’s desire to have strong bilateral relations with Pakistan in every field and said Guinea was open for Pakistani investors.
Alpha Conde invited Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to visit Guinea at the earliest, which was accepted by the latter who reciprocated by extending invitation to President Alpha Conde to visit Pakistan.
