Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko held a bilateral meeting in Minsk on Friday.

During the meeting, they agreed to enhance cooperation in food security and manufacturing of electric vehicles and buses.

It was decided to jointly work in the field of agriculture and manufacturing of the farm machinery.

The two leaders reiterated to increase business to business and defence cooperation.

Besides, they agreed to soon evolve a strategy to send over 150,000 trained and skilled youth from Pakistan to Belarus.

The two leaders exchanged views on diverse topics, including commerce, investment, and regional affairs.

They expressed satisfaction with the recent positive developments in all aspects of relations between Pakistan and Belarus. They reiterated the commitment to further strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation and economic and trade relations.

Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said significant progress has been made in various sectors of cooperation between two countries following the eighth session of the Pakistan-Belarus Joint Ministerial Commission held in Islamabad last year and the inter-ministerial delegation's visit to Belarus this year.

Shehbaz Sharif expressed appreciation for Pakistan's relations with Belarus and thanked President Aleksandr Lukashenko for the warm welcome and excellent hospitality extended during the visit to Belarus.

Later in a press stakeout, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan desires to learn from the expertise of Belarus in manufacturing of agricultural and mining equipment.

The Prime Minister said Pakistan is an agrarian economy and its sixty-five percent of population resides in rural areas.

He said joint ventures between the companies of both the countries to manufacture agriculture equipment in Pakistan will be a win-win situation. He said we also want to learn from the experience of Belarus to enhance our per acre yield.

The Prime Minister also highlighted the mineral deposits in Pakistan saying these are to the tune of trillions of dollars. He emphasized on cooperation in this sector as well as in defence, textile and public transport. 

Shehbaz Sharif thanked Belarus for its decision to invite about one hundred and fifty thousand young and highly skilled manpower from Pakistan. He assured this highly skilled workforce, to be sent to Belarus, will be duly certified.

Earlier, the two sides exchanged signed documents of the agreements and Memorandums of Understanding.

These agreements and MoUs were related to Interior, Defence, Environment, Trade and Economy.