Bilateral relations: ‘Scope of trade with Indonesia is tremendous’

LAHORE: There was a great scope of increasing our exports of Halal food products to Indonesia, said Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif.

He was speaking during a meeting with Ambassador of Indonesia Iwan Suyydie Amri, who called on the chief minister on Saturday to discuss matters of mutual interest and measures to further improve bilateral cooperation and relations. Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that Pakistan and Indonesia have bilateral, religious, cultural and trade ties and there was a need to improve these relations.

He said there was great scope of cooperation in the halal food product sector and exports could be boosted. He said export with Indonesia can be enhanced in the agriculture sector and there should be more and more exchange of trade delegations. Amri said that Pakistan and Indonesia enjoyed good relations and we were keen to improve ties in the sectors of halal food, textile, leather and telecom sectors.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 1^st, 2017.