ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s interim Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has said that he has held constructive talks with Managing Director of International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva in New York, local media reported on Wednesday. As per media reports the meeting was held on the sidelines of the 78th UNGA session, in New York.
Pakistan Prime Minister and IMF
Had a constructive dialogue with Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF, at the #UNGA78, that emphasized extending our mutual commitment towards bolstering economic stability and growth in Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/u8kJX8Eqga
— Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (@anwaar_kakar) September 20, 2023
In a statement via his social media account, Prime Minister Kakar said that they underscored extending their mutual promise towards bolstering economic stability and growth in Pakistan.
Earlier, the Prime Minister held separate meetings with the Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates, and the President of Uzbekistan.
Kakar underlined that the caretaker government and the National Polio Task Force remained committed to reaching children across the country with polio vaccines, immunizations, and other health services.
On the occasion, Bill Gates said that polio eradication in Pakistan was a top priority, with special interest in stopping cross-border transmission with Afghanistan and continuing the vaccination drive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He hoped that the National Emergency Operations Centre and the caretaker government of Pakistan would continue efforts to stop poliovirus transmission in the South Asian country.
Kakar and Gates discussed how improvements across these priorities help enhance gender equality efforts, ensuring that girls and women could prioritize their finances, health, and futures, and be leaders in society.
Similarly, PM Kakar and President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev have reiterated their resolve to further promote regional economic integration, local media reported on Wednesday.
The two sides also expressed determination to play an active role in the regional connectivity. The two leaders held a meeting on the sidelines of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Pakistan’s PM Office Media Wing said in a press statement.
They also discussed ways to further deepen bilateral ties and cooperation in trade, security, defence, economy, and connectivity sectors. Kakar, while expressing satisfaction at the growing level of bilateral cooperation between the two sides in the last several years, stressed the significance of sustaining the momentum. Prime Minister Kakar also underscored that the operationalization of the Preferential Trade Agreement and Transit Trade Agreement would also boost trade and transit between Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
Prime Minister Kakar re-affirmed Islamabad’s strong resolve to timely completion of the Trans-Afghan railway project. The Prime Minister noted that regional connectivity and economic and trade integration would have a stabilizing impact on Afghanistan as well.
The two leaders also discussed the recent regional developments in security and stability during the meeting.
