Pakistan, Australia to further enhance economic cooperation: Sanjrani

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP):Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani Thursday said Pakistan attached highest priority to its relations with Australia and was looking forward to increasing the parliamentary exchanges. 

In a meeting with High Commissioner of Australia Margaret Adamson, the Chairman Senate said that cooperation extended by Australia in education and development sector was laudable and Pakistan would like to extend this interaction to other areas of mutual ties, especially promoting parliamentary linkages and enhancing people to people contacts. 

He said that exchange of parliamentary delegations would also steer the economic cooperation.

The Chairman Senate discussed with the Australian High Commissioner matters of bilateral significance besides exchanging views on further boosting cooperation. 

He said that Pakistan and Australia enjoyed close and cooperative relations. He underscored the need to explore new avenues for cooperation. He said that trade and economic relations were an important component of our ties.

“Institutional mechanism exists in the form of Joint Trade Committee which should meet regularly to find ways and means to enhance trade links,” Sanjrani observed.

He said that there was huge scope for initiating joint ventures in different sectors and business and investment community of both sides could explore possibilities. He expressed his satisfaction that Pakistani mangoes have found access to Australian markets.
 
He said that enhanced parliamentary linkages would be helpful in opening up new vistas of cooperation.

Australian High commissioner agreed with the views of Chairman Senate and said that huge potential existed to enhance trade and economic linkages.