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ISLAMABAD, (APP): Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign
Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Wednesday said the Prime Minister’s vision of
peaceful neighbourhood would contribute to regional stability.
“Having a will to address the concerns of other states can
also help us getting ours addressed,” Aziz told APP here at the
conclusion of the three-day Envoys Conference.
Sartaj Aziz said maintaining friendly relations with other
countries was a vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
who said “Our foreign policy is the one of friendliness and goodwill
towards all the nations of the world”.
The Advisor termed the holding of Envoys Conference as
“remarkably fruitful” that provided a platform for Pakistan’s
ambassadors to important countries to discuss regional developments
and their impact on Pakistan.
He said the conference broadly took-up five agendas including
Pakistan’s relations with United States, India including Kashmir
dispute, Afghanistan, regional stability and counter-terrorism.
Sartaj Aziz said the Conference expressed satisfaction over
the government’s three-year performance, particularly on initiation
of work on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Central Asia
South Asia-1000 (CASA), Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India
(TAPI) pipeline and start of international air routes with many new
countries.
Pakistan becoming the member of Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) this June is another diplomatic achievment of the government, he said.