ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Thursday saidParliamentary Friendship Groups would enhance interaction of diplomaticcorps and Foreign Office and help formulate and implement foreign policyobjectives.
Speaking at an event to launch Parliamentary Friendship Groups here atParliament House, he said when Friendship Groups would engage withdiplomatic corps, they would act as bridge between the diplomatic corps andForeign Office.
He said Parliament was the most important institution in democraticdispensation and its friendship groups had a significant role in promotingbetter understanding and bilateral relations with other countries.
He said the members of Parliament represent will of the people andpeople-centered relations were durable and lasting which could be promotedthrough the parliamentary groups.
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Representatives in Parliament express will of people, he said and stressed,“We have to think out-of-box and throw up fresh ideas and share them withthe Foreign Office.”
Parliamentary groups had a role to play to help the government achieve itsforeign policy objectives, he added.
