Pakistan President Dr Arif Alvi has underscored the need for improving commercial and cultural relations with Bangladesh.
He said Pakistan highly valued its ties with Bangladesh and wanted to further expand cooperation by using the existing bilateral mechanisms, including political consultations at foreign secretary evel and Joint Economic Commission, according to the press wing of the President's Secretariat in Islamabad on Tuesday.
The president made the remarks as Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Ahmed Siddiqui called on him.
The president asked the high commissioner to work for improving bilateral ties between the two countries.
He also stressed the need to enhance business-to-business cooperation and people-to-people contacts for the mutual benefit of the two countries.
Dr Alvi urged the need to enhance bilateral cultural and political exchanges as well as increase cooperation in the field of sports to further cement cooperation between the two sides.