ISLAMABAD, Jan. 21 (Gwadar Pro) - The 17th Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting was held in a virtual format on 21 January 2021. Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi represented Pakistan in the meeting.
In his address, the Foreign Minister stated that ACD is a leading platform that has transformed into a robust institutional mechanism for dialogue and discussions among the member states on issues of mutual interest.
Highlighting the devastating repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic on sustainable development and developing countries, Pakistan stressed the need to coordinate actions, benefit from each other’s experiences, and pool resources for responding to the pandemic and financing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.