Uzbekistan proposes trilateral trade commission
Malik Shahid Saleem said Central Asia was a huge market and Pakistan ought to explore new trade avenues in the region
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RAWALPINDI:
Uzbekistan Ambassador Furqat Sidikov has stated that his country desires a trilateral trade commission comprising Pakistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan in an effort to steer trade, logistics and investment. “Uzbekistan has extended its rail line up to Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan and is willing to further extend it up to the Torkham border in a bid to bolster trade ties with Pakistan,” Sidikov revealed. Addressing the business community during a visit to the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI), the envoy pointed out that Uzbekistan was already operating direct flights on the Lahore-Tashkent route twice a week and flights between Islamabad and Tashkent and between Karachi and Tashkent would begin soon. Speaking on the occasion, RCCI President Malik Shahid Saleem said Central Asia was a huge market and Pakistan ought to explore new trade avenues in the region.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 18th, 2018.
Uzbekistan Ambassador Furqat Sidikov has stated that his country desires a trilateral trade commission comprising Pakistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan in an effort to steer trade, logistics and investment. “Uzbekistan has extended its rail line up to Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan and is willing to further extend it up to the Torkham border in a bid to bolster trade ties with Pakistan,” Sidikov revealed. Addressing the business community during a visit to the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI), the envoy pointed out that Uzbekistan was already operating direct flights on the Lahore-Tashkent route twice a week and flights between Islamabad and Tashkent and between Karachi and Tashkent would begin soon. Speaking on the occasion, RCCI President Malik Shahid Saleem said Central Asia was a huge market and Pakistan ought to explore new trade avenues in the region.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 18th, 2018.