ISLAMABAD – High Commissioner (HC) of Sri Lanka in Pakistan Jayanath Lokuketagodage called on Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Senator Ishaq Dar here on Saturday and discussed matters pertaining bilateral cooperation with him.
The high commissioner was accompanied by head of Chancery of the High Commission of Sri Lanka Wijayanthi Edirisinghe. Jayanath said he was pleased to assume responsibilities as the high commissioner to Pakistan. He said Sri Lanka strongly desired to expand its economic cooperation with countries in the region, especially Pakistan and it would be his endeavour to further build up Pakistan-Sri Lanka contacts.
While welcoming the Sri Lankan high commissioner, Dar said that all possible support would be extended to him for fortifying Pakistan-Sri Lanka ties in different fields particularly in economic sphere. The minister referred to his meetings with his Sri Lankan counterpart recently in Beijing and Davos and added they shared views on advancement of bilateral economic cooperation.
The Sri Lankan envoy on the occasion also mentioned about the recent visit of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Sri Lanka which ushered new era of cooperation. Dar said that Pakistan was keen to follow the goal of increasing bilateral trade volume with Sri Lanka and that both countries could jointly work to achieve this objective.
