*BRUSSELS: Pakistan and the European Union on Tuesday signed the strategicengagement plan for steering their bilateral ties and enhancing cooperationin diverse fields, Radio Pakistan reported. *
Addressing a joint press conference along with representative of the UnionFederica Mogherini, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, “Strategicengagement plan is a long-term resolve to further boost cooperation betweenPakistan and the European Union.”
He said that this framework included understanding to promote mutual peaceand prosperity, trade and investment, migrant issues, sustainabledevelopment, energy, education and culture.
The minister said the two sides would also cooperate and learn from eachother’s best practices in cyber security, money laundering and coping withany crisis situation.
He said, “The project will brighten new prospects in knowledge exchange,people to people contacts, development projects and good governance.”
Qureshi maintained that Pakistan and the EU were committed to closecooperation under the title of ‘Re-Admission Agreement’. “We will holdcomposite dialogue on migration and movement in larger interest of ourcitizens”, he added.
The minister said that Pakistan and the European Union would work tofurther expand and solidify trade and investment relations under theumbrella of SEP.
Qureshi said that Pakistan’s foreign policy lied in relation between peaceand development which were inseparable.