Belarus and Pakistan approve roadmap for comprehensive cooperation development

As a result of negotiations between President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, a roadmap for the development of comprehensive cooperation between the countries for 2025-2027 was approved, BELTA reports.

The document was signed by the co-chairs of the Belarusian-Pakistani intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation, Energy Minister Alexei Kushnarenko and Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan.

Belarus and Pakistan also signed an agreement on extradition and an intergovernmental agreement on international automobile traffic. A memorandum of cooperation in exchanging customs statistics on mutual trade was signed between the State Customs Committee of Belarus and the

Customs Service of the Federal Board of Revenue of the Government of Pakistan.

A memorandum on cooperation in the field of emergency prevention and response was concluded between the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus and the National Disaster Management Authority of Pakistan.

The Financial Monitoring Department of the State Control Committee of Belarus and the Financial Monitoring Unit of the Government of Pakistan have agreed to cooperate in exchanging information related to money laundering, predicate crimes and terrorist financing.

An agreement on scientific and technical cooperation was signed between the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Pakistan Academy of Sciences. Another agreement on cooperation in science and technology was concluded between the NAS and the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

The documents signed include memorandums of cooperation between the State Control Committee of Belarus and the Office of the Auditor General of Pakistan, the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of Belarus and the Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus and the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination of Pakistan, the Center for Health Expertise and Testing and the Drug Regulatory Agency.

Memorandums of understanding were also signed by the Belarusian State Accreditation Center and the National Accreditation Council of Pakistan, the Republican Institute of Vocational Education and the National Commission for Vocational and Technical Training of Personnel, BelHalal LLC and the Pakistan Halal Authority.