Bajwa stresses Pakistan’s desire for ‘enduring ties’ with US

ISLAMABAD, OCT 19: Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa reiterated Pakistan’s desire for “enduring ties” with the United States.

He was talking to US Charge d’affaires to Pakistan Angela Aggeler, who called on him.

The Inter-Services Public Relations, the media affairs wing of the army, said the two discussed “matters of mutual interest, current security situation in Afghanistan and bilateral cooperation in various fields”.

“Pakistan desires to maintain the tradition of bilateral engagement and wishes for an enduring relationship with the United States,” Gen Bajwa was quoted as having told the American diplomat.

The ISPR said Gen Bajwa emphasised the need for a “global convergence” on Afghanistan to avoid humanitarian crisis. He called for “coordinated efforts” for economic uplift of the Afghans.

The twin economic and humanitarian crises are aggravating with every passing day in the war-ravaged country. The situation has worsened due to stoppage of foreign aid and freezing of Afghanistan’s assets held abroad.

The ISPR said Ms Aggeler “appreciated Pakistan’s role in Afghan situation, efforts for regional stability and pledged to play their role for further improvement in diplomatic cooperation with Pakistan at all levels”.

The US diplomat also met National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf.

The National Security Division said the two sides agreed to continue their cooperation on Afghanistan.

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Azerbaijan’s 30th anniversary of Independence celebrated

ISLAMABAD, OCT 18: The 30th anniversary of Independence of Azerbaijan has celebrated in Islamabad on Monday.

Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser was the chief guest on this occasion. He, along with Ambassador of Azerbaijan Khazar Farhadovand and other diplomats have cut the cake.

During the meeting, Speaker National Assembly extended greetings to Azerbaijani ambassador on his Independence day.

Matters of bilateral interest came under discussion at the time of meeting between both dignitaries.

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PM lauds Ambassador Matsuda for cementing bilateral ties with Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, OCT 18: Kuninori Matsuda, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, called on Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The Prime Minister congratulated the Ambassador on the successful completion of his tenure in Pakistan and conveyed best wishes for future assignment.

Ambassador thanked the Prime Minister for addressing a letter to the new Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, and recalled Prime Minister’s engagement with the Japanese dignitaries on various issues.

Prime Minister Imran Khan underscored the high importance Pakistan attached to its relationship with Japan, which was embedded in mutual trust and understanding. He reaffirmed Pakistan’s strong desire to further deepen and broaden bilateral cooperation in the economic, trade, development, and investment sectors.

In the regional context, the Prime Minister underscored Pakistan’s vital interest in a peaceful and stable Afghanistan.

He stressed that the international community must remain positively engaged with the new Afghan Administration, provide urgently needed humanitarian assistance, and take steps to prevent economic collapse including through release of Afghanistan’s frozen assets. He also underlined the importance of national reconciliation and an inclusive political structure.

The Japanese Ambassador thanked the Prime Minister for his strong leadership in further solidifying Pakistan’s relations with Japan and in support of peace and stability in the region and beyond.

The Ambassador also conveyed profound thanks to the Government of Pakistan for facilitation of evacuation of Japanese nationals and others from Afghanistan.

Ambassador Matsuda also highlighted the MoU signed between the two sides on export of manpower from Pakistan to Japan under Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP) and Specified Skilled Workers (SSW) Programme. It was emphasized to re-double efforts to realize the benefits of the MoU.

The year 2022 will mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Pakistan and Japan. The two sides envisage celebration of this milestone in a befitting manner.

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Info from Tokyo: Invitation to Online Press Briefing on the theme of “EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan”

 

Invitation to Online Press Briefing on the theme of “EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan”

Date: 15th October 2021

International Press Division

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

On 5th November (Fri), 2021, International Division, MOFA, will host an online press briefing regarding “EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan”, specifically for journalists in Asia-Pacific. 

The Briefer, Mr. SUGANO Masafumi, Director for International Exhibitions, METI (the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry),will brief mainly on the concept and the theme of the EXPO2025, and its current standing.

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■Date: November 5th (Tue.), 2021, 15:00-16:00(JST)(Deadline for application: October 31st（JST）)*Please be noted Pakistan standard time is -4 hours

■Theme: “Concept, theme, and its current standingof “EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan”

■Briefer:                                                

Mr. SUGANO Masafumi, Director for International Exhibitions, METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

Ms. NAKAOKA Nanako, Deputy Director, International Exhibitions Promotion Office, METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

■Language: English

■Approximately 30-40minute briefing delivered by Mr. SUGANO and Ms. NAKAOKA, which will be followed by Q&A session. The entire session is scheduled to finish within an hour.

■Registration:

1. Please register from the link below. We will not be accepting applications by email.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqc-mgqDItGtUhG8TLfLd4VyeWiywWGO_H

Please make sure that you have entered the correct email address.

2. Confirmation of registration will be sent from no-reply@zoom.us immediately after your registration. Please make sure that youhave entered a correct email address.

3. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please check your spam and trash folders, and register again if there is no email.

 

★Images and photos for the articles:

Zoom screenshots can be used for your articles/broadcast segments, however, please be reminded that the images and photos taken during the briefing, will be restricted to this particular usage. For SNS, only “still” screenshots can be used(no movies allowed). Photoswith designated credits will be made available later on request. 

★You may find useful information on EXPO2025 from the links below:

https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/

https://twitter.com/expo2025japan/

https://www.meti.go.jp/english/policy/external_economy/expo/osaka_2025.html

https://expo2020-dubai.go.jp/en/menu/

https://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/

Osaka Kansai Expo in 2025 (Media Briefing)

Briefing for the Osaka Kansai Expo in 2025 will be held on November 5th, 2021. Pakistani media persons can register for participation.

The briefing will be held at 1500-1600(JPN time) on the 5th of November.

Those who are interested are required to resister by themselves.

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Ambassador MATSUDA greets PJLF for publishing Urdu translation of Japanese novel

 

ISLAMABAD, OCT 14: MATSUDA Kuninori, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, has appreciated and extended his congratulations to Khurram Sohail, President of Pakistan-Japan Literature Forum (PJLF), for publication of the Urdu translation of the classic Japanese novel “Genji Monogatari-The Tale of Genji” which was written one thousand years ago by a famous female novelist in Japan.

Ambassador MATSUDA expressed these views while speaking at an introductory session of the book which was held here on Thursday October 14th at his official residence and was attended by a limited number of guests as a precaution against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ambassador, while commending the tireless efforts of Mr. Sohail and the late Mr. Baqar Naqvi for making this project a reality over a 5-year project, stated that translation of such a classic Japanese novel must have been a challenging task for the duo that eventually turned out to be an excellent gift for the Pakistani readers to understand the Japanese culture and aristocratic society through this literary masterpiece.

While appreciating the rich literary and cultural heritage of both Japan and Pakistan, the Ambassador said literature and heritage of any nation are so much significant as they help us to understand each other, respect each other and we all need to work together to pass on this rich heritage and literature to our future generations.

Khurram Sohail, President PJLF, in his remarks, expressed his gratitude to Ambassador for sparing his precious time to host this introductory session of the book at his residence.

He hoped that the Urdu translation of this Japanese novel will prove to be a milestone in further promoting Pakistan-Japan’s cultural and literary relations in future.

He informed that during his visits to Japan he was delighted to see that the Japanese scholars and researchers had translated the works of icons like Ghalib, Faiz, Munto and Iqbal into Japanese language and that gave him the motivation to translate classic Japanese novel “Genji Monogatari-The Tale of Genji” into Urdu language.

Mrs. Sadia Rashid, President, Pakistan-Japan Cultural Association Sindh, while speaking on the occasion appreciated the efforts and hard work of Mr. Khurram Sohail underscored the need of more collaboration between Pakistan and Japan in the field of literature in order to make the people of two countries to understand each other’s culture and literary achievements.

It is pertinent to mention here that Genji Monogatari-The Tale of Genji is a masterpiece of Japanese literature by Murasaki Shikibu which was written over one thousand years ago and considered as one of the world’s oldest novels.

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