Minister says Pakistan looks forward towards strategic partnership with EU

ISLAMABAD:  Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, has said that Pakistan looks forward towards a strategic partnership with the European Union based on social economic development and people to people contact.

Addressing a ceremony organized by European Union member countries to mark Europe Day in Islamabad, he said Pakistan has a long standing relations with 28-member  block.

The minister expressed the hope that one day SAARC should follow the footsteps of the EU and  able to celebrate SAARC Day too.