ISLAMABAD, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has urged the international community to work together to overcome challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, climate catastrophes, difficult economic conditions and heightened geopolitical tensions.
Addressing an event here on Thursday attended by the diplomatic corps at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the foreign minister said that people in Pakistan are facing incredibly difficult economic times due to local as well as international economic situations.
"The world is still suffering from the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it should be our collective responsibility to put a minimum burden on the low-income people," said the minister.
The Pakistani government was making consistent efforts to extend assistance to the least fortunate at the bottom of the social pyramid, including reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood-affected people, said the minister.
The minister appreciated the international community for providing help to Pakistan to meet economic and other challenges caused by floods and the pandemic by providing vaccines and other support. ■