Pakistan, Azerbaijan sign agreements on trade, energy, tourism 

ISLAMABAD: The governments of Pakistan and Azerbaijan signed multiple agreements on Monday to enhance cooperation in the trade, energy, tourism and education sectors as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visits Baku with an eye to enhancing bilateral trade and investment with landlocked Central Asia.

Sharif arrived in Baku on Sunday for talks on defense, trade and energy, his government said. The latest visit is part of Pakistan’s broader push at economic diplomacy with the Central Asian republics, to whom it has offered access to its southern ports in Karachi and Gwadar. In July 2024, Azerbaijan announced a $2 billion investment in Pakistan during a visit by President Ilham Aliyev to Islamabad. In September last year, Pakistan signed…