Greater technical, economic collaboration with Romania to
consolidate ties: Soomro
By Ali Imran

ISLAMABAD—Chairman Senate, Mr. Mohammadmian Soomro has called for greater technical cooperation and economic collaboration between Romania and Pakistan and observed that exchange of delegations representing the students, intellectuals, journalists, Parliamentarians and businessmen would greatly help in further strengthening and consolidating the existing bilateral cooperation.
He made these observations while talking to a high level Romanian delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania Mr. Bogdan Pascu which called on him here Monday Deputy Chairman, Mir Jan Mohammad Khan Jamali was also present. There was a unanimity of views on both sides that there existed vast potential for enhancing cooperation between Pakistan and Romania in fields like agriculture, construction industry, information technology and energy.
The Senate Chairman recounted the Romanian visit of Pakistan Parliamentary delegation last year and said that we were deeply impressed by the rapid development that took place in Romania during a short period of time. He suggested that besides collaboration in the education and cultural fields there still existed vast scope for greater collaboration in technical matters, exploration of oil fields and information technology.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Romania informed the Senate Chairman that the Romanian delegation had held very fruitful meetings with Pakistan authorities and the member of the delegation were fully convinced that there were lot of possibilities for further enhancing and strengthening cooperation between the two countries. Mr. Bodgan Pascu further informed the Senate Chairman that the business of real estate was one of the flourishing businesses in Romania and that the two countries can benefit from each other’s experience. The Deputy Prime Minister of Romania further said that Romanian engineering industry is a major contributor towards the economic growth of Romania. He agreed with the observation of Senate Chairman that in Pakistan there is a strong potential and need
for investment and transfer of technology in the engineering sector. Later, the Senate Chairman hosted a luncheon in honour of the Romanian Deputy Prime Minister which was also attended by Deputy Chairman Senate, Mr. Jan Mohammad Khan Jamali, Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination, Mr. Salim Saifullah Khan, Senators, MNAs’ and people from all walks of life.