Sri Lanka and Pakistan have signed eight agreements and MoUs to promote cooperation between the two countries and in the fields of trade promotion, culture, health, gem and jewelry, science and technology, combating money laundering and terror financing, Prime Minister of Pakistan said issuing a press release today.
Issuing the press release Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that he re-iterated Pakistan’s offer to setup Cement and Sugar Plants in Sri Lanka, on mutually agreed terms, for the long term benefit of Sri Lankan economy.
Prime Minister also conveyed his Pakistan’s desire for more frequent port calls, participation in military exercises and fence seminars and training of military personnel between armed forces of two countries. He also said that Sri Lanka enjoys exceptional position of being the first country with which Pakistan entered into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
