FaciliEU envoy meets army chief

RAWALPINDI    -    Ambassador of Europe­an Union (EU) Dr Riina Kionka called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the GHQ here yesterday, the ISPR Di­rectorate has said. 

According to the ISPR statement issued here, during the meeting, matters of mutual in­terest, regional securi­ty situation and bilat­eral cooperation with European Union (EU) were discussed. The COAS said that Paki­stan values its relations with EU countries and we earnmain relations based on common interests. The Army Chief congratulated the Ambassador for assum­ing her new appointment. Both the dignitaries hoped to further enhance bilat­eral engagement based on common interests. The vis­iting dignitary expressed her grief over the devas­tation caused by ongoing floods in Pakistan and of­fered sincere condolence to the families of the victims. She offered full support to the people of Pakistan. She also appreciated Pakistan’s Army efforts for assisting civil administration in res­cue and relief efforts in the flood-affected areas and pledged to play her role for enhancing relations be­tween Pakistan and EU estly look for­ward to enhance mutu­ally beneficial multi-do­

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