PM Stresses Expanding Pakistan-Myanmar Cooperation

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has underscored the importance of expanding cooperation in trade and economic engagement, education, culture, capacity-building, and people-to-people exchanges between Pakistan and Myanmar. He was talking to Myanmar’s Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe, who called on him in Islamabad today.

According to Radio Pakistan, the Prime Minister particularly appreciated Myanmar’s cooperation in combating trafficking and its support for Pakistan’s engagement with ASEAN. The Myanmar Foreign Minister thanked the Prime Minister for the warm welcome accorded to him and his delegation. He conveyed the greetings and good wishes from Myanmar’s leadership and expressed Myanmar’s desire to expand its ties with Pakistan in areas of mutual interest.

The Myanmar side also thanked the Prime Minister for Pakistan’s timely support to Myanmar, following the catastrophic earthquake on March 28, 2025.