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Pakistan, Indonesia ink agreement to abolish diplomatic, official visas | APP
JAKARTA, Nov 19 (APP): Pakistan and Indonesia Friday inked an agreement on abolition of diplomatic and official visas paving way for enhanced exchanges and linkages between the two countries. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa signed the agreement and termed it a precursor to relaxing the visa regime between the two countries even further in future.
Both sides announced the road map for future engagements that encompassed meeting of Joint Working Group on counter-terrorism in Jakarta on December 13-14, Joint Commission meeting headed by the Foreign Ministers as well as visits of the Indonesian Defence and Foreign Ministers to Pakistan next year. Pakistan and Indonesia would also hold bilateral talks in 2011.
Talking to media following his meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister and delegation level talks, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said both countries enjoy deep-rooted, friendly and tension free relations but there was a need for a re-engagement with a new vigour and zeal specially focusing on economic cooperation, business and trade linkages.
During the delegation level talks both sides agreed to enhance cooperation against terrorism and welcomed the forthcoming meeting of the Joint Working Group on counter terrorism in this regard.
Foreign Minister Natalegawa said flood devastation in Pakistan was unprecedented. He said the remarkable resilience shown by the people of Pakistan in the face of such a huge tragedy was appreciable.
He proposed active cooperation between the disaster control centre of ASEAN and the Pakistani organizations dealing with disaster management, to which Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi expressed his consent.
They also talked about increase in bilateral trade and agreed to hold next round of talks on the PTA arrangement while giving a clear mandate to concerned officials to reach a conclusion on the subject.
During discussion on regional issues, Foreign Minister Qureshi referred to the issue of Kashmir and said there was a need to clearly differentiate between acts of terror and the struggle for the right to self determination.
He said the struggle of Kashmiris was totally indigenous and deserved attention of the international community. He said Pakistan believed in holding talks with India on resolving all outstanding issues including Kashmir.
He said the issue need to be addressed in the light of UN resolutions. He expressed Pakistan’s desire for peace and stability in Afghanistan which he said would have an impact on peace in the region.
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said Indonesia wished that both India and Pakistan could arrive at a resolution of Kashmir problem through negotiations. He agreed that there must be differentiation between terrorism and a just struggle.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi thanked the government and people of Indonesia for extending generous help to the flood affected in Pakistan. He also expressed condolences on the loss of life resulting from eruption of Mount Merapi, Central Java last month.
JAKARTA, Nov 19 (APP): Pakistan and Indonesia Friday inked an agreement on abolition of diplomatic and official visas paving way for enhanced exchanges and linkages between the two countries. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa signed the agreement and termed it a precursor to relaxing the visa regime between the two countries even further in future.
Both sides announced the road map for future engagements that encompassed meeting of Joint Working Group on counter-terrorism in Jakarta on December 13-14, Joint Commission meeting headed by the Foreign Ministers as well as visits of the Indonesian Defence and Foreign Ministers to Pakistan next year. Pakistan and Indonesia would also hold bilateral talks in 2011.
Talking to media following his meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister and delegation level talks, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said both countries enjoy deep-rooted, friendly and tension free relations but there was a need for a re-engagement with a new vigour and zeal specially focusing on economic cooperation, business and trade linkages.
During the delegation level talks both sides agreed to enhance cooperation against terrorism and welcomed the forthcoming meeting of the Joint Working Group on counter terrorism in this regard.
Foreign Minister Natalegawa said flood devastation in Pakistan was unprecedented. He said the remarkable resilience shown by the people of Pakistan in the face of such a huge tragedy was appreciable.
He proposed active cooperation between the disaster control centre of ASEAN and the Pakistani organizations dealing with disaster management, to which Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi expressed his consent.
They also talked about increase in bilateral trade and agreed to hold next round of talks on the PTA arrangement while giving a clear mandate to concerned officials to reach a conclusion on the subject.
During discussion on regional issues, Foreign Minister Qureshi referred to the issue of Kashmir and said there was a need to clearly differentiate between acts of terror and the struggle for the right to self determination.
He said the struggle of Kashmiris was totally indigenous and deserved attention of the international community. He said Pakistan believed in holding talks with India on resolving all outstanding issues including Kashmir.
He said the issue need to be addressed in the light of UN resolutions. He expressed Pakistan’s desire for peace and stability in Afghanistan which he said would have an impact on peace in the region.
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said Indonesia wished that both India and Pakistan could arrive at a resolution of Kashmir problem through negotiations. He agreed that there must be differentiation between terrorism and a just struggle.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi thanked the government and people of Indonesia for extending generous help to the flood affected in Pakistan. He also expressed condolences on the loss of life resulting from eruption of Mount Merapi, Central Java last month.
