ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who is on an officialvisit to Romania and Spain, said Pakistan was determined to expand economicand trade ties with all European Union members, a report of statebroadcaster said.
Qureshi while speaking at a dinner hosted by members of the EuropeanParliament and Parliament of Romania, in Bucharest, said the strategicpartnership between Pakistan and European Union has now entered the nextlevel.
Pakistan is an emerging market of more than 200 million people, providingimmense opportunities for investment, he added.
Members of the Parliament of Romania and the European Parliament alsoexpressed their desire to promote economic relations with the South Asiancountry.
Meanwhile, FM while interacting with the Pakistani community in Romania,said overseas Pakistanis had been given voting rights and now they couldparticipate in the policymaking of the country.
Pakistan was focusing on increasing exports to the European markets, hesaid, adding that there were immense opportunities to expand ties betweenPakistan and Romania.
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He also assured speaking to the Romanian counterpart about giving morefacilities to Pakistanis living in the southeastern European country.
Qureshi said overseas Pakistanis had opened 300,000 digital accounts andsent $3 billion through them in a short time. The Pakistani diaspora wasgiven facilities so that it could buy houses and cars in Pakistan, hemaintained while adding that Pakistani investors could now repatriate theirprofits earned in Pakistan and were also given exemptions in taxes andduties.
In a similar development, Qureshi during his visit to the Pakistani embassyin Bucharest also inaugurated the Trade and Cultural Exhibition Hall. Thehall will be used for holding exhibitions to display and promote goodsimported from Pakistan, encouraging tourism and highlighting the soft imageof Pakistan.
