Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has expressed Pakistan's desire to further improve parliamentary relations and exchanges with Belarus. 

He was talking to Chairperson of the Council of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova and Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Igor Sergeenko in Minsk on Friday.

The Prime Minister termed the recent progress in relations between Pakistan and Belarus, very positive.

The two sides discussed promotion of relations between the parliamentarians of the two countries.    

They highlighted the importance of parliamentary contacts in deepening bilateral relations and reiterated their commitment to enhance cooperation in all fields.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan and Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal were also present in the meeting.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif visited heavy machinery and vehicle manufacturing factory "Belaz" located near Belarusian capital Minsk.

The Prime Minister visited different sections of the factory.

On the occasion, he was briefed about the factory. The Prime Minister took great interest in the products manufactured at the factory.