Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan could not afford to waste its resources on regional tensions.
While addressing the ceremony of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Pakistan and Switzerland over the disaster management, PM said that they were looking forward to Swiss cooperation in term of getting an advanced warning system and other gadgets to secure Pakistan as much as possible from natural disasters.
He added that they wanted to further expand bilateral ties with Switzerland in diverse fields such as tourism sector. The Prime Minister said that the remarks of Swiss foreign minister about the regional peace are important and Switzerland could play a vital role in this regard.
He said that Pakistan wanted to promote progress and prosperity, eradicate unemployment and poverty, and enhance education, IT industry, women empowerment and agriculture for the wellbeing of the people but other side should also realise it.
Foreign Minister of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis said on the occasion that signing of MoU between the Pakistan and Switzerland was vital collaboration against climate change. He added that Pakistan was rich in cultural heritage and breath-taking landscapes but it had prone to the natural disasters, resulting in last years floods, displacement of people with wide destruction.
He added that these incidents required urgent need for international cooperation to lessen the risks. The Swiss foreign minister highlighted the joint efforts between Pakistan and Switzerland during the year 2010 and 2022 of natural calamities.
The ceremony of the signing the MoU took place at Nathigali and document was signed by Swiss Minister and Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority Lt.Gen. Inam Haider Malik.
The Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis along with three members of Parliament is on a bilateral visit to Pakistan from 7-9 July at the invitation of Prime Minister. ??