ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States (US) have signed an agreement on critical minerals, the US embassy in Islamabad said, amid deepening cooperation between the two countries.
The agreement was signed between American firm US Strategic Metals (USSM) and Pakistan’s Frontier Works Organization (FWO) at Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad, according to the US embassy in Islamabad.
Missouri-based USSM produces and recycles critical minerals, which Washington says are essential in a variety of technologies related to advanced manufacturing and energy production.
While the embassy did not divulge specific details of the agreement, its Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) Natalie Baker called the signing yet another example of the strength of the US-Pakistan bilateral relationship that will “benefit both countries.”
“The Trump administration has made the forging of such deals a key priority given the importance of critical mineral resources to American security and prosperity,” Baker said in a statement issued by the US embassy.
