Bilateral trade: GATE Pakistan launched in Berlin
Special representative of the German government for Pakistan and Afghanistan and former ambassador in Islamabad, Michael Koch, launched the German-Pakistani business platform GATE (German Association Trade and Economy) during a ceremony at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. According to a press release, the ceremony brought together business representatives from Pakistan and Germany as well as diplomats from both countries.
GATE Pakistan will be an organisation that would push for the development of trade and investment projects between the two countries. The Pakistan embassy in Berlin and the German embassy in Islamabad will serve as patrons, through the respective ambassadors, Syed Hasan Javed and Cyrill Nunn. They expressed their support for GATE Pakistan during the founding ceremony, together with Germany’s Consul General in Karachi Tilo Klinner.
Nunn said, “It is a concrete step to unlock the huge potential for dynamic growth in economic relations.”
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2014.
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It was pleasure to note that a forum is developed to facilitate entrepreneurs of Pakistan and Germany to promote bi-lateral trade both countries, Germany is among largest and trusted trading partner of Pakistan, this will be excellent opportunity for entrepreneurs to obtain benefits from this forum for mutual benefit.
Dr. Athar Ahmed