ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has stated that interactions and dialogue at all levels between Pakistan and India can play a pivotal role in strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries and establishing peace in the region.
He was talking to a three-member delegation of Indian Parliamentarians headed by Lok Sabha Shashi Tharoormember here on Wednesday.
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq called for exchange of parliamentary delegations between the two countries to benefit each other’s experiences in legislation and research.
Apprising the delegation about formation of Parliamentary Friendship Groups in the National Assembly, he added that these groups can play a cardinal role in promoting parliamentary diplomacy and parliamentary relations.
He informed, “90 parliamentary friendship groups are functioning very effectively in the National Assembly of Pakistan.”
Speaking on the occasion, Shashi Tharoor asserted that parliamentary diplomacy will certainly play an important role in bringing the two nations closer as they are already tied in common bonds of culture and history.
