Romania eager to enhance ties with Pakistan: envoy

ISLAMABAD: Romanian Ambassador Nicolae Goia has said Romania is eager to work with friendly Pakistan for taking forward the bilateral agenda, as well the cooperation within the EU-Pakistan framework and in multilateral formats, especially in the UN. "I warmly welcome the spirit of Romania-Pakistan relations, characterized by friendship and collaboration and the new dynamism witnessed in the recent years with a result-driven political dialogue reflecting a clear desire of both states for developing a pragmatic relationship in fields of mutual interests".

The Romanian ambassador expressed these views while speaking on the occasion of 101 anniversary of National Day of Romania. NA Speaker Asad Qaisar attended the event as chief guest.

It was Asad Qaisar's first diplomatic event after assuming charge of the Speaker of the National Assembly. Minister Sheharyar Afridi attended the event as guest of honour while a number of other Federal and State Ministers, Senators and ex Ministers also attended the Romanian national day reception.

The ambassador further said, he will not go into details of the numerous projects they have initiated in cooperation with Pakistan but would certainly mention the 2 patrol boats built in Damen Galati, a Romanian shipyard, for the Pakistani navy with very good prospects that a contract for 2 more boats would be signed very soon.