PM Shehbaz meets EU Council and Commission presidents at UN General Assembly
Pakistan's prime minister held talks with the EU's top officials in New York, reviewing the broader relationship between Islamabad and the European Union.
Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met with European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
According to a report from the Associated Press of Pakistan, the Wednesday meeting saw the leaders review the broad scope of relations between Pakistan and the European Union, though specific details of the discussion were not fully outlined in the initial report.
The UN General Assembly gathering in New York regularly serves as an occasion for bilateral meetings between heads of state and government, and Pakistan has in recent years sought to deepen its engagement with the European Union across trade, development and political cooperation.
The European Union remains one of Pakistan's significant trading partners, and Islamabad has previously emphasized the importance of preferential trade arrangements with the bloc for its export-driven industries.
Further details on specific outcomes or commitments from the meeting were not immediately available, and no joint statement had been released at the time of reporting.
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