The Ambassador of Nepal to Pakistan Tapas Adhikari met Pakistan’s Army Chief General Qamar Bajwa and discussed various issues of bilateral interests including regional security, said the statement issued by the ISPR on Tuesday.
Matters of mutual interest, regional security situation, and measures to improve bilateral relations between the two countries were discussed in the meeting, the PR added.
COAS said that Pakistan wishes to enhance long-term multi-domain relations with Nepal based on common interests.
“The COAS reiterated that all regional countries need to work collectively for enduring peace and stability in the region,” it said.
Concluding, the statement said the visiting envoy lauded Pakistan’s efforts for regional stability and promised to play his part in the further development of diplomatic cooperation with Pakistan at all levels.
Pak-Nepal relations
Pakistan has time and again reaffirmed its support for Nepal’s sovereignty, peaceful development and territorial integrity.
Both are convinced that good understanding at the political level needs to be reinforced by mutually beneficial economic cooperation.
Moreover, with a view to promoting economic cooperation between the two countries, the Nepal-Pakistan Joint Economic Commission (JEC) at the level of finance ministers was set up in 1983 which has ever since held several meetings alternately in Islamabad and Kathmandu.
Pakistan wishes close ties with its neighbors
Earlier last month, during a meeting with Commander Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Brigadier General Pilot Hamid Vahedi at the GHQ, the COAS had said that Pakistan wanted peaceful and close ties with its neighbors.
During the meeting, matters of bilateral interest, regional security situation and mutual cooperation between the two countries were discussed.
The COAS was quoted as saying Pakistan wanted peaceful and close ties with its neighbors and stressed the need for collective efforts towards regional stability. Both the countries agreed to enhance cooperation in the defense and security fields.