Govt to promote regional trade

The adviser said that a visit to Nigeria had been planned in November for trade and investment


APP August 21, 2021
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GUJRANWALA/PASRUR:

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood on Friday said that the government was taking effective and solid measures to promote regional trade. Speaking to the business community at the Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), he said an agreement had been signed with Uzbekistan, while another would be signed with Tajikistan on September 17, adding that a new trade route had been opened from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to Moscow. “More new trade routes will be opened,” Dawood said, adding, “We will make new records for exports next year.” The adviser said that a visit to Nigeria had been planned in November for trade and investment, adding that the National Export Development Board (NEDB) had been constituted under the chairmanship of the prime minister.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2021.

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