Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has called for early resumption of Pakistan International Airlines flights to the United Kingdom in a phone call with British counterpart David Cameron on Monday, Radio Pakistan reported.

Dar also emphasised the early conclusion of the Enhanced Strategic Partnership agreement with the UK to further strengthen the bilateral ties.

While reiterating the importance of bilateral relations, the foreign minister said that Pakistan and the UK have “longstanding, historic relations with multifaceted cooperation”.

FM Dar stressed the need for further enhancing bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, and people-to-people contacts and climate.

He added that the early resumption of PIA flights between the two countries would further boost linkages, particularly because of the large Pakistani diaspora in the UK.

The two ministers also discussed important regional issues including Afghanistan and the situation in Gaza.

FM Dar invited British Foreign Secretary David Cameron to visit Pakistan and thanked him for his message of felicitations on his appointment as the new FM.