ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said Pakistan highly valued its ties with Vietnam in all spheres of bilateral interactions and urged to enhance economic and trade relations between the countries.
While talking to Pakistan Ambassador-designate to Vietnam, Samina Mehtab at Aiwan-e-Sadr today, President Alvi emphasized the need for further expanding bilateral ties with Vietnam in all areas of mutual benefits.
He asked the Ambassador-designate to work for promoting trade and commercial relations with Vietnam as Pakistan offered immense investment opportunities and the Vietnamese business community needed to benefit from the investment-friendly environment of Pakistan.
President Alvi underlined the need to foster people-to-people contacts by promoting cooperation in the fields of tourism and education.
He asked the Ambassador to work for promoting the prestige and image of the country as well as highlight the tourism potential of Pakistan which is a good destination for the Vietnamese tourists with Buddhist Gandhara civilization.
Pakistan Ambassador-designate to Vietnam, Ms. Samina Mehtab, called on President Dr. Arif Alvi, today. pic.twitter.com/O8yAwZc7yt
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The President underscored the importance of bilateral political and cultural exchanges at the highest level and asked the Ambassador to explore the possibilities of such exchanges which greatly helped in further strengthening bilateral cooperation.
The President congratulated the Ambassador-designate over her appointment as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Vietnam and expressed the hope that she would work for further enhancing bilateral relations with Vietnam.
