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Italian, Philippine and Egypt Envoys call on Chairman Senate
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 : The envoys of Italy, Philippines and Egypt called on Chairman Senate Mohammedmian Soomro here Thursday in separate.
Italian Ambassador Roberto Mazzotta, Philippines Envoy, Jorgev Arizabal and the Ambassador of Egypt, Hussain Kamal held separate meetings with the Chairman in the parliament.
During the meeting, they exchanged views on the promotion of bilateral and arliamentary cooperation between Pakistan and their respective countries.
The Italian envoy discussed details of Pakistan Senate delegations’ forthcoming visit to Italy at the invitation of the President of the Italian Senate.
Chairman Senate expressed the hope that the visit of Pakistani parliamentarians would enhance parliamentary cooperation and further strengthen existing friendly relations between the two countries.
The Ambassador of Philippines stated that Philippines attached great importance to its relations with Pakistan and desirous of expanding these relations in various fields. He delivered a letter from the President of Philippine Senate extending an invitation to Chairman Senate, Mohammedmian Soomro to attend the 112th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to be held in Manila on April 3-8, 2005.
The Chairman Senate said that Pakistan and Philippines enjoy close bilateral relations. There exists vast opportunities to promote their trade and economic relations in various fields.The Egyptian Ambassador, Hussain Kamel during his meeting with the Chairman Senate said that Egypt was keen to further strengthen its relations with Pakistan. He emphasized the need of more exchange of visits and parliamentary cooperation between Senate of Pakistan and Majlis-e-Shoora of Egypt.
The Chairman Senate said that interaction at parliamentary level would promote bilateral relations and create better understanding between the people of the two brotherly countries.