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'''Bosnia and Herzegovina–Pakistan relations''' are the foreign relations between [[Pakistan]] and [[Bosnia]]. Pakistan recognised the independence of Bosnia from [[Yugoslavia]] in 1992, and the two established diplomatic relations. Bosnia has an embassy in [[Islamabad]]. Pakistan has an embassy in [[Sarajevo]].<br />
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==High level visits==<br />
In 2016, Pakistan's Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] visited Bosnia on a 3-day visit and pledged support for the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1269245/pm-arrives-bosnia-three-day-official-visit/|title=PM arrives in Bosnia on three-day official visit - The Express Tribune|date=20 December 2016|website=Tribune.com.pk|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Bosnian War of Independence==<br />
[[File:Embassy of Pakistan, Sarajevo.jpg|thumb|right|Embassy of Pakistan in Sarajevo]]<br />
{{See also|Inter-Services Intelligence activities in Bosnia}}<br />
Pakistan sent UN Peacekeeping forces to the former Yugoslavia during the Yugoslav wars. During the war, Pakistan supported Bosnia while providing technical and military support to Bosnia. At the time Sadžida Silajdžić held the position of the ambassador of the [[Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in [[Islamabad]], Pakistan.<br />
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== Free trade agreement ==<br />
The two countries have a [[free-trade area|free trade agreement]] and are currently negotiating Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). In 2012, the bilateral trade was $301,000. Much of the trade between the two is routed through some third country making products like surgical instruments, textile products, rice and lumber much more expensive.<ref name="dawn.com">{{cite web|url=http://dawn.com/2012/10/10/pakistan-bosnia-to-boost-defence-ties/|title=Pakistan, Bosnia to boost defence ties|website=Dawn.com|access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Defense cooperation ==<br />
Pakistan has provided medium-tech to high tech weapons to the Bosnian Government in the past. Pakistan supports the aspiration causes of [[Sandžak]] [[Bosniaks]] as part of its geo-political understanding.{{Clarify|date=August 2010}}Pakistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina signed MoU for defense cooperation in October 2012 during the visit of Bosnian President to Islamabad, the two countries vowed to boost their ties.<ref name="dawn.com"/><br />
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== Earthquake of 2005 ==<br />
Donations from Bosnian schoolchildren and the government funded the building of a school and health centre in [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]] (AJK) after the 2005 earthquake. The [[2005 Kashmir earthquake]] occurred on October 8, 2005 and caused between 86,000 and 87,351 casualties and displaced 2.8 million people. The Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Damir Dzanko, has said that his country will extend every possible support to AJK in the health and education sectors because of the unprecedented help and support extended by the government of Pakistan and its people during the Bosnian War.<ref name="Government of Pakistan">{{cite web|title=Pakistan: Bosnia to set up BHU, schools in quake-hit areas|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/pakistan-bosnia-set-bhu-schools-quake-hit-areas|website=Reliefweb.int|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Bosnian refugees in Pakistan ==<br />
Pakistan was the third [[Islamic]] country by numbers of [[Bosniak]] refugees, following [[Turkey]] and [[Jordan]], during the [[Bosnian war]].<ref name="ti-shelter">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/blonde-muslims-find-shelter-in-pakistan-refugees-from-bosnia-were-given-a-warm-welcome-in-a-distant-land-ahmed-rashid-writes-from-islamabad-1493968.html|title=Blonde Muslims find shelter in Pakistan: Refugees from Bosnia were given a warm welcome in a distant land, Ahmed Rashid writes from Islamabad|last=Rashid|first=Ahmed|date=26 June 1993|work=[[The Independent]]|publisher=Independent News and Media Limited|access-date=3 April 2010|location=London}}</ref> In June 1993, at least 380 Bosnian refugees had arrived in Pakistan, almost 200 of them children.<ref name="ti-shelter"/> Pakistan said at the time that it would accept some nine thousand additional refugees.<ref name="ti-shelter" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Foreign relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]<br />
* [[Foreign relations of Pakistan]]<br />
* [[Pakistan–Yugoslavia relations]]<br />
* [[Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://tribune.com.pk/story/449154/pakistan-bosnia-agree-on-greater-crackdown-on-terrorists/ Pakistan, Bosnia agree on greater crackdown on terrorists]<br />
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