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Belgium–Pakistan relations are thebilateral relations betweenBelgium andPakistan. Belgium has an embassy inIslamabad[1] and Pakistan has an embassy inBrussels.[2]
Belgium is the sixth-largest European importer of Pakistani goods, and the bilateral trade between the two is approaching US$600 million.[3] During the2010 Pakistan floods Belgium provided aid worth €4.6 million to Pakistan.[4]
Belgium is also home to a large number of Pakistanis 19,247 (2012 official estimate).[5][6] In 2007, 666 Pakistani citizens were granted Belgian citizenship,[7][8] making them the highest Asian recipients of Belgian citizenship in 2007.
Pakistan diplomatic post in Belgium is important, because Brussels is the headquarters of theEuropean Union andNATO, among many other international organisations with which Pakistan maintain close contact. Pakistan has often lobbied to gain Belgium support in establishing Pakistan-EU Free Trade agreement, as Belgium is the centre of European politics and policy making[9]
Pakistani former president,Pervez Musharraf, has also previously extended a visit to Belgium during his tour of Europe in early 2008, which also included visits to theUnited Kingdom,France andSweden. During his stay in Brussels, he met the then-Prime Minister of Belgium,Guy Verhofstadt, and the two leaders held significant talks on trade and defence co-operation.[10]
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