Speaking at a meeting during his visit to the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), he said that Russia considers Pakistan an important country in the region as it has great economic potential.
“Russian wants to increase bilateral trade and cooperation with Pakistan in diversified areas of the economy. This would surely help strengthen mutually beneficial trade and economic relations between the two countries,” he said.
He also asked the KCCI to give proposals on strengthening economic cooperation and people to people contact between the two countries.
Kozlov assured to make all-out efforts to remove bottlenecks to ensure smooth two-way trade between the two countries.
Referring to the third session of the Russia-Pakistan Inter-governmental Commission of Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation held last month, he said that Russia was looking forward to available opportunities.
He informed that Russian companies have also expressed interest in the construction of North-South gas pipeline in Pakistan and the LNG terminal at Port Qasim in Karachi.
He pointed out that Russia had helped Pakistan promote various industrial sectors like the steel mill in Karachi, Guddu thermal power station, Jamshoro power station and thermal power station at Muzaffargarh.
KCCI President Iftikhar Ahmed Vohra, KCCI Vice President Agha Shahab Ahmed Khan, Chairman of Diplomatic Missions and Embassies’ Liaison Sub-Committee KCCI, Muhammad Naeem Sharif and KCCI Managing Committee members attended the meeting.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 31st, 2014.
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