The ‘Engage Africa’ initiative aims to expand Pakistan’s foreign trade market in breadth and depth, Since the launch of this initiative, Pakistan has achieved initial results with a 7% growth in its trade with Africa despite the Covid-19 related challenges, Cheng Xizhong said.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi while underlining the importance of Africa as a “continent of future” has said that Pakistan enjoys friendly relations and political goodwill in African countries, which needs to be translated into a more robust economic partnership. Pakistan is one of the major troops contributing countries to UN peacekeeping. It has dispatched a large number of troops to various peacekeeping missions in Africa and has made great contributions to peace and stability in Africa.