Overview
- Tarik Ali Khan (Canada), Abdulaziz Issa (Lebanon), Robert-Jan Siegert (Netherlands) and David Pine (New Zealand, non-resident from Colombo) presented credentials at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
- President Asif Ali Zardari welcomed the envoys and voiced confidence that their tenures would strengthen bilateral ties.
- For Canada, he emphasized trade and investment with a focus on IT, energy and minerals, while highlighting contributions of the Pakistani diaspora.
- With Lebanon, he reaffirmed solidarity, condemned Israel’s attacks on civilians and backed Lebanon’s sovereignty, alongside plans to deepen trade, security and counter-terrorism cooperation.
- He invited Dutch investment tied to water management, climate resilience and education, and with New Zealand flagged opportunities in agriculture, livestock, fisheries and clean energy, noting support for Pakistan’s multilateral efforts.