ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan was keen to learn from Korea’s experience of industrialization and SME sector growth as well as in field of IT including artificial intelligence.

Talking to Ambassador of Republic of Korea to Pakistan Park Ki Jun, who called on him, PM thanked Korean leadership for warm message of greetings that he received and expressed desire to work closely to further strengthen bilateral ties. Prime Minister said that Pakistan and Korea enjoyed good relations, particularly in trade and investment. He said both countries had cooperated since early 1960s for economic development and conveyed admiration for Korea’s remarkable transformation into modern technologically advanced economy.

He offered to enhance export of skilled manpower from Pakistan to meet Korea’s human resource needs. To promote mutually beneficial trade, he proposed exchange of business delegations between Seoul and Islamabad. In this regard, Shehbaz said that he would instruct relevant Cabinet members to coordinate with Korean side to discuss existing investments by Korean companies as well as to explore new opportunities. Ambassador thanked PM for receiving him and conveyed desire of Korean government to enhance its bilateral cooperation with Pakistan in number of areas of mutual interest, particularly trade, investment, IT, culture, tourism and people to people exchanges.