Pakistan has called for international cooperation to help the countries affected by Covid-19 rehabilitate their economy.

This was stated during a virtual quadrilateral meeting of ministers from China, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal for jointly dealing with the pandemic. The meeting was convened by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

“Pakistan was ready to both enhance cooperation in combating Covid-19 and in post-pandemic economic recovery with the participating countries,” Minister for Economic Affairs Khusro Bakhtiar said. He represented Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the conference.

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