Prime Minister Ciuca, Pakistani Foreign Minister - talks on prospects for expanding bilateral relations

Prospects for expanding and consolidating Romanian-Pakistani bilateral relations were on Monday's agenda of talks at Victoria Palace of Government between Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi.

The head of diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is visiting Bucharest at the invitation of Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu. It is the first visit carried out by a Pakistani foreign minister to Romania, after a break of more than two decades.

Prime Minister Ciuca thanked Minister Qureshi for his personal role, along with the Pakistani state, in repatriating Romanian citizens with the Taliban regime's seizure of power in Kabul, shows a government press release sent to AGERPRES, which further specifies that 49 Romanian citizens, another seven European citizens and 156 vulnerable Afghans were also brought to Romania.

The Romanian prime minister underlined the good bilateral relations and the prospects for their expansion and consolidation in the future, welcoming the visit of the head of Pakistani diplomacy in Bucharest.

In his turn, the guest noted the "very good" relations between the two states and the opportunities for their development in the field of economy, defense industry, investment and trade, education and labor.

"Pakistan could be, according to Foreign Minister Qureshi, an important starting point for Romania's exports to the South Asian region. The Pakistani Foreign Minister thanked Romania for the donation of 500,000 vaccines offered by our country and which is due to arrive, in the next period, in Islamabad," the cited release further shows.