Pakistan and Malaysia have reaffirmed the desire to promote bilateral cooperation in the economic arena as well as enhancement of bilateral trade with a particular focus on halal food industry and tourism.
This concurrence came during a meeting between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi with his Malaysian counterpart Dato Saifuddin bin Abdullah on the sidelines of OIC Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Jeddah.
The prospect of defence cooperation, including in the field of defence production, also came under discussion.
Both sides agreed to expand cooperation in industries of future including robotics and artificial intelligence.
The two sides further decided to intensify people-to-people exchanges with a special focus on parliamentary exchanges and linkages between electoral institutions, anti-corruption mechanisms and institutions of higher learning.
Foreign Minister Qureshi noted that Pakistan and Malaysia enjoyed convergence of views on a number of regional and international issues and have a tradition of close cooperation in different regional and international fora.