The 6th round of Foreign Secretary level Bilateral Political Consultationsbetween Pakistan and Sri Lanka was held virtually.
Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood led the Pakistan side whilst the SriLankan delegation was headed by Foreign Secretary Admiral (Prof.) JayanathColombage.
The two sides discussed the whole gamut of bilateral relations, includingcooperation in the political, economic, defence, trade and investment,culture and education fields as well as people-to-people exchanges.
Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood underscored the exceptional quality ofbilateral political relations and rapport at the leadership level. Heunderlined that the bilateral trade and economic ties must alsocommensurate with excellent political relations. There was convergence onboth sides for strengthening existing mechanisms of cooperation andexploring new avenues of bilateral collaboration.
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The Foreign Secretary shared Pakistan’s perspective on the situation inIndian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, progress of CPEC, andPakistan’s positive contribution to the Afghan peace process.
He also reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to SAARC and expressed the hopethat the process of regional cooperation would be allowed to move forward.
