Pakistan wants to further enhance business, defence relations with South Africa

Pakistan South Africa

The President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan wants to further enhance trade, investment and defence relations with South Africa.

According to media reports, the President has made these remarks while talking to the visiting Chief of South African National Defence Force General Rudzani Maphwanaya, who called on him in Islamabad on Thursday.

On the occasion, the President has said that Pakistan and South Africa enjoy excellent cooperation in the field of defence which needs to be further expanded for the mutual benefit of the two countries.

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Dr Arif Alvi further stated that Pakistan attaches great importance to its ties with South Africa under its “Look Africa” policy and wants to increase the frequency of exchanges at military and political levels to further cement bilateral ties.

During the meeting, he also highlighted Pakistan’s strategy of “Smart Lockdowns” that successfully contained the spread of the novel coronvirus pandemic.

The President shed light on the human rights violations in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir being committed by the Indian Security Forces against the innocent Kashmiris. He said that India is involved in the ethnic cleansing of Muslims by martyring innocent Kashmiri Muslims and issuing domiciles to non-Kashmiris to change the demography of the IIOJK.

In his remarks, General Rudzani Maphwanaya has said that the Armed Forces of the two countries have good working relations which need to be further improved for the mutual benefit of the two sides.