Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says Pakistan highly values its relations with Ukraine and desires to further enhance bilateral cooperation in all areas of mutual interest, including political, trade and investment, defence, education and culture.

In a telephonic conversation with Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, he highlighted Pakistan's focus on geo-economics as per the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan and reiterated the importance of augmenting economic ties between the two countries.

The Foreign Minister underlined the need for Pakistan-Ukraine Business Council to play an instrumental role in this regard.

The two Foreign Ministers agreed to hold the next round of Bilateral Political Consultations and inaugural session of Pakistan-Ukrainian Joint Economic Commission next month.

Both sides stressed the importance of exchanging high-level visits between the two countries to boost bilateral relations further.