Times of Islamabad

In a first, Pakistan and Egypt launch a new initiative over bilateral relations

In a first, Pakistan and Egypt launch a new initiative over bilateral relations

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce organised a Pakistan-Egypt TradeConference in Islamabad. It was the first of a series of such conferencesplanned with African countries under the ministry’s “Look Africa PolicyInitiative”.

A high powered delegation from Egypt, led by Egyptian Commercial Service’sFirst Undersecretary Ahmed Anter, was invited to attend the conference.

The Ministry of Commerce and the Egyptian Commercial Service on theoccasion also signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for theestablishment of a Pakistan-Egypt Joint Working Group (JWG) on trade.

Addressing the Egyptian delegation, Adviser to Prime Minister on CommerceAbdul Razak Dawood appreciated the warm, historic and brotherly relationsbetween the two countries and expressed the desire to make the traderelations commensurate with the political relations.