High Commissioner Mohammad Azhar Mazlan says Malaysia sees MTCP as integral towards strengthening mutually beneficial bilateral relations
DNA
ISLAMABAD: The High Commissioner of Malaysia to Pakistan Mohammad Azhar Mazlan hosted a dinner reception for the former participants of the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Program (MTCP). A large number of former MTCP participants attended the dinner reception.
The Additional Secretary Asia Pacific Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Ameer Khurram Rathore also attended the event.
The Malaysian High Commissioner in his speech welcomed the gests and shared salient features of the program. He said the purpose of the event was to establish closer relations and strengthen networking between the High Commission of Malaysia in Islamabad and former MTCP participants, particularly from Pakistan. Malaysia attaches great importance to its bilateral relations with Pakistan.
The long standing bilateral relations and close cooperation between our two brotherly countries have covered various areas in trade, investment, education, tourism, culture, defence and technical assistance on human capital development.
He added, the MTCP reflects Malaysia’s commitment to South-South cooperation, particularly technical cooperation and formulated based on Malaysia’s principle that the development of a country depends on the quality of its human resources.
In addition, Malaysia sees MTCP as integral towards strengthening mutually beneficial bilateral relations. He highlighted that the Malaysian High Commission is planning to offer more courses in various sectors for Pakistan.
The envoy reiterated the Malaysian High Commission’s commitment to sharing developmental experiences and expertise by providing various human capacity-building program and technical assistance to Pakistan. “Hopefully the MTCP participants would utilise the knowledge and experience to further contribute for the betterment of Pakistan,” the Malaysian envoy added.
It may be mentioned here that the MTCP emphasizes human resources development mainly through training and capacity-building courses including short-term courses at Malaysian public and private training institutions, and long-term courses at Malaysian public universities.
Annually, Malaysia’s flagship MTCP offers technical training and capacity-building programmes in vast areas of development in collaboration with leading local training institutions and international development partners. Malaysian Government aims to encourage more future participation from Pakistani officials in the MTCP, as it would not only be beneficial for the bilateral relations but it would also assist in the career development of the participants.
Some of the former participants including a senior joint secretary in the Ministry of Information Technology shared his experiences. He said he participated in the programme almost two decades ago however he still fondly cherished his days spent in Malaysian under the MTCP.
