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Pakistan, US discuss ways to enhance economic cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Ishaq Dar and US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome on Wednesday exchanged views on areas of common interest and enhancing existing bilateral relations between the two countries.

According to a statement issued by the finance ministry, discussions in this regard took place during a call on meeting of the US ambassador with the finance minister.

The finance minister appreciated the deep rooted historic and durable bilateral relations with the United States on economic and trade fronts.

He updated the ambassador on successfully reaching the staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and informed him of the economic policies and priorities of the government in order to set the economy on the path from stability to growth.

Dar appreciated the support and cooperation of the US and reiterated the desire of the government to further deepen bilateral economic and trade ties with US.

On the occasion, Donald Blome expressed confidence in the policies and programmes of the Pakistan government for bringing economic sustainability in the country. He also extended his support to further promote bilateral economic, investment and trade relations between the two countries.

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