Islamabad: Bayney Karran, Ambassador of Guyana for Pakistan
based in Beijing, China said that his country wanted to promote business
relations with Pakistan as close cooperation would enable both countries to
get better market access in each other’s region.
He said this while exchanging views with business community during his visit to
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Bayney Karran said that Guyana’s 75% area was covered with forests and
it was exporting high quality wood products to many countries including
China. He said Guyana has good natural resources including oil, minerals
and semi-precious stones.
He said agriculture contributed to 50% of Guyana’s GDP and it was now focusing on food processing industry and added that Pakistan and Guyana could learn from each other’s experience by enhancing cooperation in agriculture, oil, minerals, forestry and other sectors. He said Guyana was a member of the 14 countries of Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) and Pakistan could get better market access to CARICOM
and South America by enhancing cooperation with Guyana. He said tourism was
another potential area of mutually beneficial cooperation between Guyana
and Pakistan. He assured that he would cooperate in promoting business
linkages between the private sectors of both countries.
Speaking at the occasion, Ahmed Hassan Moughal, President, Islamabad
Chamber of Commerce & Industry said that bilateral trade between Pakistan
and Guyana was almost non-existent and stressed that both countries should
focus on regular exchange of trade delegations to explore all potential
areas of mutual cooperation.
