National News

ISLAMABAD (APP): Special Assistant to Prime
Minister on Foreign Affairs (SAPM) Syed Tariq Fatemi Friday
said that Pakistan attached highest importance to its relations
with Sri Lanka.
He was talking to the newly arrived High Commissioner of
Sri Lanka, Major Gen (Retd) Jayanath Lokuketagodage, who paid
a courtesy call on him here at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
The SAPM welcomed Ambassador Lokuketagodage to Pakistan
and said the recent leadership-level interactions between the
two sides had further strengthened relations between the two
sides. He said it also helped identify new areas of bilateral
cooperation.
The Special Assistant also briefed the Sri Lankan High
Commissioner regarding the achievements of the government in
the field of counter-terrorism, economy and good governance.
Ambassador Lokuketagodage thanked the Special Assistant
for the warm welcome accorded to him in Pakistan and expressed
his resolve to continue working closely with the Government of
Pakistan to retain the positive trajectory of relations
between the two countries.