{"id":18371,"date":"2019-04-05T15:40:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T10:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/?p=18371"},"modified":"2019-04-15T16:45:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T11:15:03","slug":"nepal-pakistan-celebrate-60-years-of-bilateral-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/business\/nepal-pakistan-celebrate-60-years-of-bilateral-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal, Pakistan Celebrate 60 Years of Bilateral Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nepal and Pakistan have successfully finished 60 years of friendship by April 05, 2019.<\/p>\n
Marking the day, the officials of both the nations organized a special event to celebrate the 60 years of Nepal-Pak bilateral ties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Nepali Ambassador Sewa Lamsal and Maurizio Romani of Islamabad Marriott Hotel hosted a special reception in Islamabad to mark the 60th<\/sup> anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua, who attended the reception as its chief guest, reviewed the 60-year-old friendly relations between the two nations.<\/p>\n
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She said Nepal-Pak bilateral ties have been steadily growing and can grow further with strong cooperation in various potential fields.<\/p>\n
The Ambassador, in her speech, emphasized on the people-to-people ties between the two nations, besides government-level bilateral relations.<\/p>\n
A Quick Glance at Nepal-Pak Ties<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Nepal-Pak ties started moving to the next level with the establishment of the Nepali Embassy in Islamabad in 1967.<\/p>\n
Over the years, the two nations have been sharing common views on a wide range of global issues and have been closely associated at various international and regional bilateral and multilateral forums such as UN, SAARC, and NAM.<\/p>\n
Coming to business ties, many Pakistani investors hold joint ventures with their Nepali counterparts in various Nepali sectors such as hotels, textile, and banking, among others.<\/p>\n
File Photo: Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli & Pakistan PM PM Imran Khan<\/p><\/div>\n
Bilateral trade is one area of significance between the two countries. Nepal exports to Pakistan include a wide range of items such as black tea, leather, woollen shawls, medicinal herbs and cardamom, and more.<\/p>\n
Besides, the Himalayan nation also imports refined leather, medicines and medical equipment, footwear, dried fruits, spices, plastic lab equipment, textiles, accumulators, carding machines and appliances, and more from Pakistan.<\/p>\n
In the field of education, Pakistan has been offering educational scholarships to Nepali students under the Pakistan Technical Assistance Programme (PTAP).<\/p>\n
More than 500 Nepali students are pursuing higher education in Pakistan in Information Technology, Medical Science, Pharmacy, Social Science, Management and Mass Communication, among other fields of study.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As part of government-government cooperation, Pakistan also offers long and short term trainings to Nepali government officials. Nepal-Pakistan Friendship & Cultural Association in Kathmandu and Nepal Friendship Group have been working for cultural ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n
These are some of the key areas that speak the 60-year-old Nepal-Pak bilateral relations.<\/p>\n
Wish the cooperation will go a long way with next-level cooperation in various fields benefitting either sides in overall development in the years to come!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nepal and Pakistan have successfully finished 60 years of friendship by April 05, 2019. Marking the…<\/span><\/p>\n