Governor commends cooperation with Netherlands in diverse areas

LAHORE:Governor Punjab M Balighur Rehman attended a ceremony held at Lahore Fort to celebrate the completion of 75 years of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and the Netherlands as a special guest. 

Ambassador of Netherlands to Pakistan, Henny de Vries, Honorary Consul of Netherlands Asma Hamid, former Federal Minister Khurshid Kasuri, Tahir Khalil Sindhu, former Governor Shahid Hamid and other distinguished guests were also present.

Balighur Rahman said: “Pakistan attaches great importance to bilateral relations with the Netherlands. He said that Pakistan appreciates the cooperation of the Netherlands in political, economic, climate change, education, culture, and multilateral fora. Both countries stand by each other in testing times. Pakistan helped the people of the Netherlands in the floods of 1953 and it values the Dutch humanitarian and technical assistance after different natural disasters.