Pakistan wishes to enhance cooperation with Zimbab...

Pakistan wishes to enhance cooperation with Zimbabwe

**Non-Resident High Commissioner of Zimbabwe, Lt Gen (Retd) Martin Chedondo presenting his diplomatic credentials to President Dr Arif Alvi at Aiwan-e-Sadr. APP**

Pakistan’s President Dr Arif Alvi said that his country would like to enhance cooperation with Zimbabwe across the agricultural, pharmaceutical and defence sectors.

He said this when ambassador-designate to Pakistan Non-Resident High Commissioner of Zimbabwe Lt Gen (Rtd) Martin Chedondo presented his credential to President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday

President Dr Arif Alvi also underlined the need for enhancing bilateral trade volume between the Zimbabwe and Pakistani to its fullest potential.

Pakistan exports to Zimbabwe were worth US$12.45 million in the year 2021, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Cereals accounted for two thirds of the total value. Zimbabwe does not export much to Pakistan.

Lt Gen (Rtd) Martin Chedondo joined five other ambassador-designates at a presentation of credentials ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.

These were Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands Henny Fokel de Vries, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark Jakob Linulf, Ambassador of Switzerland Georg Steiner, Ambassador of Finland Hannu Ripatti, and Non-Resident Ambassador of Senegal Saliou Niang Dieng.

Each diplomat made a separate call on the president.

During the meetings, President Dr Arif Alvi emphasized the need for further strengthening the international partnerships for countering climate change and moving towards the goal of zero emission of greenhouse gases.

He said the international community should commit itself to help the most vulnerable countries, including Pakistan, to improve their capacity and resilience to mitigate the effects of climate change-induced disasters.

He briefed the envoys on the recent catastrophic super floods caused by the emission of greenhouse gases where Pakistan’s contribution was less than 1% but it was facing the brunt of climate change in the form of unprecedented floods, forest fires, heat waves and droughts.

President Dr Arif Alvi thanked the international community for its continued support for Pakistan during the recent floods, and expressed the hope that the international community would further step up its contribution to relief and rehabilitation of the flood-hit population and reconstruction of the lost infrastructure.