FAISALABAD City News

‘Strong ties with Sweden, Indonesia to
help fight common challenges’
From Our Correspondent
FAISALABAD: Strengthened relationship of Pakistan with Sweden and Indonesia in agriculture and education sectors will help fight common challenges and get benefit from each others experiences.
It was discussed at a meeting of Swedish Ambassador Tomas Rosander and Indonesian Ambassador M Burhan Muhammad with University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan. The meeting also pledged to take initiatives for gearing up mutual cooperation with different organisations in education, agricultural development and trade.
Addressing the UAF senior management at New Syndicate Hall, Swedish Ambassador Tomas Rosander said the promotion of bilateral trade was a common endeavour of the Pakistani embassy in Stockholm and the Swedish embassy in Islamabad. He termed the UAF outreach programme a classic example of community building and urged initiation of pilot projects in various agro-climatic zones. He said the universities were considered a vibrant platform for environmental and water debate as both were the most daunting challenges to the humanity. Indonesian Ambassador M Burhan Muhammad said the food security was one of the major concerns for both the countries. He said like Pakistan, Indonesia was also an agricultural country. He called for getting benefit from each others experiences and increasing agricultural productivity. He said the average per family population of Indonesia was two children. He said educational ties between the two countries would help learn each others culture and experiences and address the common challenges. He said they were importing rice from Pakistan.
UAF Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan said Pakistan was blessed with tremendous potential. He said the varsity was doing its best ti address the food security issue. He said the UAF was making all-out efforts to produce tangible research and produce skilled manpower. He said increasing population was aggravating the problems for both the countries.