Rawalpindi: On the sidelines of the 17th extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers, Kyrgyz Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Aibek Artekbayev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H.E. Ulanbek Totuiaev visited the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) and called on President Nadeem Rauf.
Group
Leader Sohail Altaf, Senior Vice President Asim Malik, Vice President Talat
Awan and members of the Executive Committee were also present on the occasion.
Kyrgyz Deputy Foreign
Minister Dr. Aibek Artykbaev exchanged views on issues of bilateral importance
and trade relations between Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan and stressed on enhancing
exchange of delegations at Chamber level.
He said
that Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan have deep friendly relations.
Ambassador Ulanbek
Totuiaev said that the volume of bilateral trade is only close to 1.8 million
dollars, which could be further increased.
Chamber President Nadeem
Rauf gave a detailed briefing to the Deputy Foreign Minister on the ongoing
activities of the Chamber and future programs. He said that there is a huge
potential in the tourism sector for enhancing bilateral trade relations between
Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan. Direct flights should be launched.
There is a need to increase bilateral trade links and
networking at the Chamber of Commerce level, he suggested.
Group Leader Sohail Altaf said that China Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC) is an important route and Pakistan was offering Central Asian
states access to the short and easy route through Karachi and Gwadar ports. In
the end President Nadeem Rauf, thanked the delegation and presented chamber
memento to Deputy Foreign Minister Aibek Artykbaev.