{"id":220756,"date":"2021-09-09T20:41:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T15:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/?p=220756"},"modified":"2021-09-09T20:42:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T15:42:04","slug":"under-engage-africa-policy-pakistan-keen-to-strengthen-ties-with-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/2021\/09\/under-engage-africa-policy-pakistan-keen-to-strengthen-ties-with-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Under \u2018Engage Africa\u2019 policy, Pakistan keen to strengthen ties with Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-220756-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pakistani-Ambassador-to-Egypt-Addresses-Seminar-on-Pak-Egypt-Friendship-Day.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pakistani-Ambassador-to-Egypt-Addresses-Seminar-on-Pak-Egypt-Friendship-Day.mp4\">https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pakistani-Ambassador-to-Egypt-Addresses-Seminar-on-Pak-Egypt-Friendship-Day.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>ISLAMABAD, Sep 9 (APP):To boost its engagement with African region, Pakistan is keen to consolidate ties with Egypt in areas of mutual interest particularly politics, economics, commerce and defence.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s ambassador to Egypt Ambassador Sajid Bilal expressed these views at a seminar titled \u2018Pakistan\u2019s Engagement with Africa \u2013 the Continent of the Future\u2019, held in the Egypt\u2019s capital Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>The event organized by embassy of Pakistan in Cairo marked the \u2018Pakistan-Egypt Friendship Day\u2019 that gathered speakers from the Egyptian government, the Egyptian Federation of Chambers of Commerce (FEDCOC) and the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Cairo and the think-tank community, says a message received here from Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Bilal underlined the progress made in strengthening Pakistan\u2019s bilateral relations with Egypt as part of the government\u2019s Engage Africa policy.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted Pakistan\u2019s shifting focus from geo-politics to geo-economics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new Pakistan offers itself as a melting pot for positive global interests by providing enhanced connectivity and economic bases as development strategy,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The video message of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was screened at the occasion dilating upon the Engage Africa Policy.<\/p>\n<p>The embassy\u2019s Trade and Investment Attach\u00e9, in her presentation, highlighted trade and investment potential of Pakistan as well as the business-friendly initiatives and reforms undertaken by the present government.<\/p>\n<p>The panelists shared their perspectives about Pakistan\u2019s \u2018Engage Africa\u2019 Policy and Pakistan-Egypt bilateral relations with particular focus on the available win-win trade and investment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The Assistant Foreign Minister for African Organizations and Communities, in her remarks welcomed the timely initiative of the Embassy to hold the seminar on Africa, as the Continent is poised to provide opportunities for economic cooperation and investment.<\/p>\n<p>The students of the Pakistan International School in Cairo performed on Pakistani and Egyptian music, followed by a luncheon.<\/p>\n<p>A cross-section of Egyptian society representing the government, think tanks, academia, journalists, businessmen, civil society and the diplomats attended the event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Sep 9 (APP):To boost its engagement with African region, Pakistan is keen to consolidate ties with Egypt in areas of mutual interest particularly politics, economics, commerce and defence. Pakistan\u2019s ambassador to Egypt Ambassador Sajid Bilal expressed these views at a seminar titled \u2018Pakistan\u2019s Engagement with Africa \u2013 the Continent of the Future\u2019, held in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":220758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-220756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-international","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"video_url":["https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pakistani-Ambassador-to-Egypt-Addresses-Seminar-on-Pak-Egypt-Friendship-Day.mp4"],"featured_media_src_url":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Z-389-1024x576.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220760,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220756\/revisions\/220760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}