{"id":10435,"date":"2024-04-18T14:16:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=10435"},"modified":"2024-04-18T14:16:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:16:52","slug":"pakistan-looked-forward-to-working-closely-with-the-eu-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=10435","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan looked forward to working closely with the EU, PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG-20240418-WA0075-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG-20240418-WA0075-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG-20240418-WA0075-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG-20240418-WA0075-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG-20240418-WA0075-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG-20240418-WA0075-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ambassador of the European Union calls on the Prime Minister<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : Amb. Riina Kionka, Ambassador of the European Union, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister.<br>The Prime Minister thanked the EU leaders for their congratulatory messages on his re-election and said he looked forward to working closely with the EU. He said Pakistan enjoyed friendly and cordial ties with the EU and expressed satisfaction at the existing institutional mechanisms that were meeting regularly to exchange views on further strengthening cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister appreciated in particulars, EU\u2019s continued support to Pakistan through the GSP Plus scheme, which has now been renewed till 2027. He also expressed Pakistan\u2019s interest in engaging constructively with the EU\u2019s Global Gateway Strategy through the European Investment Bank. The Prime Minister sought EU\u2019s support in providing consultancy and expertise to help Pakistan carry out important reforms in various sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU Ambassador briefed the Prime Minister on various cooperation initiatives, including the ongoing dialogue on migration and mobility issues between the two sides, as well as facilitating European businesses operating in Pakistan. Progress on resumption of flights from Pakistan to EU countries was also discussed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambassador of the European Union calls on the Prime Minister Islamabad : Amb. Riina Kionka, Ambassador of the European Union, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister.The Prime Minister&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":10436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[586,264],"class_list":["post-10435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-main-stories","tag-ambassador-of-european-union-pakistan","tag-european-union-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10437,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10435\/revisions\/10437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}