United Arab Emirates Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said he looked forward to developing investment ties with Pakistan on Monday.
The UAE official arrived in Pakistan on Sunday evening for a two-day official visit, the Foreign Office (FO) had said in a statement.
The FO had said that the visit would “further cement … longstanding Pakistan-UAE ties and contribute to deepening bilateral engagements in diverse fields, benefitting the peoples of both countries”.
In a joint press conference held with his Pakistani counterpart Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, the visiting official said that the UAE wanted to further develop the relationship with Pakistan, adding that it was already growing “at a good pace”.
“I think both our leaders — [and] the people of Pakistan and UAE — do want to see more development in the relationship and I want to stress that, in the past year or two, that things have been moving faster than they have for a while,” he said.
“And I really look forward that the good spirit would continue in so many different sectors — if its trade, investment and aviation,” he added.
Meanwhile, Dar welcomed the official, adding that that two countries had “ages old fraternal relations and shared commitments and love and affection” for one another.
He added that he wished that the visit would have lasted longer, however, he was aware that Nahyan had other global commitments.
Pakistan and the UAE share close diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties. The UAE is one of Pakistan’s largest trading partners in the Middle East and a major source of remittances, with a large Pakistani expatriate population living and working there.
