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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday urged his Egyptian counterpart Mohammed Mursi to help efforts to end the \u201cbloodshed\u201d in Syria and find a solution to the crisis.
Zardari made the remarks during talks with Mursi who arrived in Pakistan as part of a South Asian tour that will also take him to India as he works to promote trade and investment in Egypt\u2019s troubled economy.<\/p>\n
Mursi\u2019s one-day trip to Pakistan is the first bilateral visit by an Egyptian leader since Gamal Abdel Nasser in the 1960s, Pakistan\u2019s foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n
Zardari \u201curged for working together to end the bloodshed in Syria and to find a peaceful solution to the crisis,\u201d presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said in a statement after the talks.<\/p>\n
Zardari also stressed that \u201cthe drive for peace in Syria must be led and owned by the Syrian people and offered Pakistan’s readiness to play its role,\u201d Babar said.
Officials from the two countries signed agreements to promote cooperation in shipping, investment, information technology and science and technology.<\/p>\n
Pakistani state television showed live footage of the ceremony at the presidential palace where Mursi was greeted and presented with a military honor guard. <\/p>\n
Late Monday he is due to travel to India, where he will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and business groups to bolster a blossoming trade relationship worth $4.5 billion in 2012\/11 compared to $3.2 billion the previous financial year.<\/p>\n
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday urged his Egyptian counterpart Mohammed Mursi to help efforts to end the \u201cbloodshed\u201d in Syria and find a solution to the crisis.<\/p>\n
Zardari made the remarks during talks with Mursi who arrived in Pakistan as part of a South Asian tour that will also take him to India as he works to promote trade and investment in Egypt\u2019s troubled economy.<\/p>\n
Mursi\u2019s one-day trip to Pakistan is the first bilateral visit by an Egyptian leader since Gamal Abdel Nasser in the 1960s, Pakistan\u2019s foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n
Zardari \u201curged for working together to end the bloodshed in Syria and to find a peaceful solution to the crisis,\u201d presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said in a statement after the talks.<\/p>\n
Zardari also stressed that \u201cthe drive for peace in Syria must be led and owned by the Syrian people and offered Pakistan’s readiness to play its role,\u201d Babar said.
Officials from the two countries signed agreements to promote cooperation in shipping, investment, information technology and science and technology.<\/p>\n
Pakistani state television showed live footage of the ceremony at the presidential palace where Mursi was greeted and presented with a military honor guard. <\/p>\n
Late Monday he is due to travel to India, where he will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and business groups to bolster a blossoming trade relationship worth $4.5 billion in 2012\/11 compared to $3.2 billion the previous financial year.<\/p>\n
\u2018Our trade with Egypt has increased so rapidly in the last three years that India is now Egypt\u2019s seventh-largest trading partner,\u2019 India\u2019s ambassador to Egypt Navdeep Suri told reporters ahead of the visit.<\/p>\n
\u2018We talk often in general terms about space, technology and cooperation but during this visit we are talking in specific terms about launching an Egyptian satellite,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n
Egypt is struggling to restore investor and foreign lenders\u2019 confidence in the nation, which has suffered a sharp economic decline since the uprising that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.<\/p>\n
Mursi\u2019s administration has been plagued by unrest and deadly clashes between protesters and police, blocking efforts to build broad-based support for a needed program of economic reform.<\/p>\n
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