Pakistan and Kazakhstan on Wednesday agreed to enhance bilateral trade and facilitate their businessmen to promote investment in diverse areas.
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani along with his Kazakh
counterpart Karim Massimov witnessed the signing of the agreement at
the Government House after the two leaders met and also co-chaired the
delegation-level talks.
President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industries
(FPCCI) Senator Ghulam Ali inked the document on behalf of the Pakistan
Government, while Tatyana Zhdanova, Vice President Chamber of Commerce
and Industry represented the Kazakh side.
The agreement aims at promoting market research, developing
commercial relations and expanding projects between the two countries.
It will promote trade and enhance economic and technical cooperation.
Later, President FPCCI Senator Ghulam Ali told media that the
agreement signed between Pakistan and Kazakhstan would encourage
regular exchange of their business delegations which would remove the
hurdles in bilateral trade.
He said the interaction of businessmen would also pave way to start
negotiations on relaxing visa regime for the promotion of bilateral
trade. He said there was a need to exploit potential of trade between
Pakistan and Kazakhstan which was not up to the mark at present and
expressed the hope that the agreement would prove a positive step in
increasing the level of existing trade.
The signing ceremony was attended by Minister for Production Anwar
Ali Cheema, Governor Punjab Sardar Latif Khosa, Senator Ghulam Ali
(JUI-F), MNA Qamar Zaman Kaira, Secretary Defence Lt Gen (Retd) Syed
Athar Ali, Ambassador Akhtar Tufail and businessman Faisal Ahmad. SANA
