Diplomatic Mission: New envoy vows to promote trade ties with France

Ambassador designate Ghalib Iqbal suggests ICCI send a delegation to Pakistan's second largest trading partner.


Our Correspondent February 09, 2013
Ambassador-designate to France Ghalib Iqbal has assured the business community that he will share information with them about trade opportunities.

ISLAMABAD:


Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to France Ghalib Iqbal has assured the business community that he will share information with them about trade opportunities available in France, which will lead to better bilateral trade ties.


He was speaking during a visit to the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), where he discussed relations between the two countries before his departure to France.

He declared that he would do his best to promote business and asked the ICCI to keep giving him feedback about its business interest.

He suggested that an ICCI delegation should be sent to France, the fifth largest economy of the world and Pakistan’s second biggest trade partner in the EU, and assured them that he will make the trip productive and beneficial in Pakistan’s best interest.

Expressing satisfaction with the bilateral trade volume of $1.5 billion, he said this indicated that both sides had multifaceted and strong relations.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 10th, 2013.

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