Sri Lanka and Pakistan agreed to further strengthen bilateral relations and enter a Free Trade Agreement when Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met in Davos, Switzerland on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on January 18 evening.
Prime Minister Sharif invited Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to undertake a tour of Pakistan to forge further friendship and relations between the two countries, the Prime Minister’s office said in a press release.
The two Prime Ministers also highlighted the need to strengthen place and stability in South Asia and ensure security in the region. They also highlighted the need for the two countries to play a major role in eradicating terrorism and poverty from the region.
Wickremesinghe also explained to the Pakistani Prime Minister the measures to uplift Sri Lanka as a major hub in the Indian Ocean.
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