Times of Islamabad

In a first, Pakistan and Russia to go for a joint venture

In a first, Pakistan and Russia to go for a joint venture

ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad ChaudhryThursday said Pakistan would establish a state of the art Science andTechnology Park in collaboration with Russia.

This was agreed by Fawad Chaudhry in a meeting with Minister of Science andHigher Education of Russia, Mikhail Kotyukov in Moscow, said a messagereceived here.

Both the counterparts discussed possible ways of cooperation between thetwo countries in the field of science and technology.

The federal minister said a high level commission would be established toexplore avenues for practical cooperation between Pakistan and Russia.

Fawad Chaudhry invited Russian counterpart to visit Pakistan and wished toestablish a High Tech University as a Joint Venture with Russia.

He also invited Russian companies to contribute in Biotechnology/ Herbalpark going to be established in Jhelum.

Russian Minister assured every possible cooperation at the level ofresearch institutions especially in the field of high tech cutting edgetechnology.