He made this remark when he paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees.

The High Commissioner briefed the Prime Minister about the steps taken to promote tourism, especially Buddhist pilgrim tours to Pakistan.

Pakistan is to open Buddhist pilgrim sites for Sri Lankans, organizing a tour for Buddhist monks, journalists and academics on a familiarization visit to Pakistan to witness the diversity of well-preserved Buddhist heritage sites.

The Pakistani Envoy will be increasing the Pakistani scholarships for higher education offered to Sri Lankan students.

The Prime Minister called upon the Pakistani entrepreneurs to look for new investments in Sri Lanka and the High Commissioner promised to bring this to the notice of investors.