ASTANA - President Mamnoon Hussain on Sunday invited the businessmen and investors from Bosnia and Herzegovina to invest their capital in Pakistan as both the countries agreed to launch joint economic projects. 

During a meeting between President Mamnoon and Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic, on the sidelines of the first summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Science and Technology here in Kazakh capital, both the countries agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in multiple spheres. 

Bakir Izetbegovic expressed his pleasure over the formation of a parliamentary friendship group for Bosnia in Senate of Pakistan. The two sides agreed to enhance the bilateral trade and withdrawal of double taxation system. It was agreed that the experts from both sides would finalise the proposals to launch joint projects. 

The president offered that Pakistan could impart training to the Bosnian people in banking and education. The two sides agreed to enhance cooperation in the fields of education, science, culture and technology. President Mamnoon said Pakistan kept its Bosnian ties at high esteem and in return Izetbegovic said Bosnian people love Pakistan. Both the leaders unanimously hoped that the ties between Pakistan and Bosnia would continue for generations to come.