ISLAMABAD: Sri Lankan High Commissioner Noordeen Mohamed Shaheid said onTuesday that the island nation was eager to strengthen mutual trade tieswith Pakistan.
Speaking to the business community at the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce andIndustry (SCCI), he voiced hope that exporters of the city would alsolaunch their business activities in Sri Lanka, besides tapping itsinternational trade market.
Shaheid emphasised that immense opportunities existed in different tradefields for forging joint ventures with Pakistan and in that regard, severalSri Lankan companies displayed keen interest to collaborate with theirPakistani counterparts.
Stressing the need for taking effective practical measures to bolstermutual trade, he said Sialkot exporters had sufficient potential to exploreand capture markets of Sri Lanka by exporting its traditional andnon-traditional world-class export products.
The high commissioner assured businessmen that all necessary steps would betaken to lift bilateral trade up to $1 billion.
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Speaking on the occasion, SCCI President Khawaja Masud Akhtar saidbilateral relations between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, under the overarchingSouth Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) umbrella, couldprovide a brighter and integrated future for South Asia.
“Total annual trade between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is around $351 million,”he revealed.
