Pakistan has shifted its focus away from geopolitics toward the geo-economics, says FM Qureshi.
Says world order seems in a state of severe stress and disarray.
We need to tap into this growing human capital and our abundant natural resources, says Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Tuesday that with the current escalation of strategic competition among global powers undermining world peace and making diplomacy unpredictable, Pakistan has shifted its focus from geopolitics to geoeconomics.
"This has made economic diplomacy all the more important," he said while speaking at the Margalla Dialogue Forum 2021 – Foreign Policy Challenges of the Future in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape, organised by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI).
In his address, the FM spoke at length on various issues concerning Pakistan’s foreign policy and diplomacy, including the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, bilateral relations with China, the United States, Russia, and India, as well as the importance of a just resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute for regional peace.
"Indeed, we live in a time of uncertainty. The world order seems to be in a state of severe stress and disarray. In these times, foreign policy and geopolitics are largely linked to geoeconomics. From here on, the economy is in many ways our strategic compass, with a dominant presence as a priority of foreign policy," he remarked.
The FM said that positioning Pakistan as a...
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