Kuwait assures to provide financial assistance to Pakistan to improve health sector

Dunya News

Kuwaiti FM said his country needs assistance of Pakistan in the fields of food security and health.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday held a telephonic conversation with Foreign Minister of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasir Al-Muhammad Al Sabah and discussed Covid-19 pandemic and other issues of mutual interest

During the telephonic conversation, Shah Mahmood Qureshi apprised his Kuwaiti counterpart on Prime Minister Imran Khan s calling of global debt relief to support economies of developing countries in the context of Corona pandemic.

He also informed him of the situation in Occupied Kashmir and said continuous lockdown and unwarranted restrictions have increased the spread of Corona virus in the held territory.

On the occasion, the Kuwaiti foreign minister expressed his country s resolve to provide all out financial assistance to Pakistan to improve its health sector.

Dr. Ahmad Nasir said his country needs assistance of Pakistan in the fields of food security and health.

He gave a proposal to devise a strategic plan of five to ten years to promote cooperation between Pakistan and Kuwait in economic, defence and military sectors.

Both foreign ministers agreed to hold consultative interaction twice every month to cope with the pandemic and to review progress on important bilateral issues.