• PM thanked UAE president for financial aid.
• President expressed whole-hearted support for Pakistan
• PM invited UAE president for a visit to Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday reiterated their mutual commitment to further expand and diversify special bilateral relations between Pakistan and the UAE.

During a telephonic conversation, the prime minister thanked the UAE president for the financial and material support to Pakistan after the recent devastation caused by climate-induced floods in Pakistan, PM Office Media Wing said in a press release.

The prime minister briefed him on the upcoming ‘International Conference on Resilient Pakistan’, to be held in Geneva on January 9 and solicited his support for high-level participation from the UAE.

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President Sheikh Mohamed expressed UAE’s whole-hearted support for the initiatives to strengthen Pakistan’s climate resilience which is the main agenda of the conference.

The prime minister also reiterated an invitation to the UAE president for a visit to Pakistan.

“Pakistan and the UAE enjoy close fraternal ties for five decades that are rooted firmly in common belief and shared values and culture. The UAE is Pakistan’s largest trading partner in the Middle East and a major source of investments,” the press release further added.

On December 31, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had started distribution of blankets and jackets for needy people in Pakistan with the start of winter.

UAE Consul General had started the distribution process from the Khairpur area of Sindh and said that blankets and jackets would be distributed to the deserving people of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab on behalf of the UAE Red Crescent.

“The campaign will continue for ten days, and thousands of people including children, adults, women and the elderly will benefit from this campaign.”

He had also assured that the UAE was with the people of Pakistan in every hour of difficulty and would keep helping the nation.