Pakistan to send 150,000 skilled workers to Belarus

MINSK: Pakistan and Belarus have agreed to enhance bilateral collaboration in diverse fields.

This was agreed at a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko in Minsk on Friday.

Later in a press stakeout, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan desires to learn from the expertise of Belarus in manufacturing of agricultural and mining equipment.

The prime minister said that Pakistan is an agrarian economy and that sixty-five per cent of the population resides in rural areas.

He said joint ventures between the companies of both countries to manufacture agriculture equipment in Pakistan will be a win-win situation.

He said we also want to learn from the experience of Belarus to enhance our per-acre yield.

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The prime minister also highlighted the mineral deposits in Pakistan saying these are to the tune of trillions of dollars.

He emphasized cooperation in this sector as well as in defence, textile and public transport.

PM Sharif thanked Belarus for its decision to invite about 150,000 young and highly skilled manpower from Pakistan.

He assured this highly skilled workforce, to be sent to Belarus, will be duly certified.

Earlier, the two sides exchanged signed documents of the agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs).

These agreements and MoUs were related to interior, defence, environment, trade and economy.