Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
Abbas calls for Mideast peace conference in rare UN speech
UNITED NATIONS, FEB 20 (DNA) – Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday called for an international conference to be held by mid-2018 to launch a new, wider Middle East peace process and pave the way to Palestinian statehood. In a rare address to the UN Security Council, Abbas presented what he called a “peace plan” to revive the comatose Israeli-Palestinian talks with new international mediation — in which the United States would have less weight. “To solve the Palestine question, it is essential to establish a multilateral international mechanism emanatingRead More
Pakistan Russia agree on joint Afghanistan strategy
MOSCOW, FEB 20 (DNA) – Pakistan and Russia have agreed on strengthening bilateral engagement and diversifying cooperation in various fields between the two countries. It was agreed during meeting between Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Tuesday. They expressed desire to further expand bilateral trade and agreed to work together under the framework of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation. Both the Foreign Ministers expressed satisfaction at the increasing bilateral cooperation and agreed to further intensify efforts to deepenRead More
European Parliament lauds Pakistan’s implementation of core conventions
ISLAMABAD, FEB 20 (DNA) – The European Parliament has expressed satisfaction on the progress achieved by Pakistan in enacting new laws and developing new institutions for implementation of 27 core conventions of GSP Plus, according to a press statement released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Commerce. The statement added that the International Committee on International Trade also agreed to deliberate upon the possibility of up-scaling the relationship with Pakistan from a beneficiary of GSP Plus Scheme to a FTA partner in the future. The meeting of the International TradeRead More