Islamabad: Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan ,Erik Beishembiev said that his country wanted to further improve bilateral trade with Pakistan as both countries have great potential to increase trade in many areas.
He said this while talking to a delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry that called on him led by Nisar Ahmed Mirza, Vice President ICCI. Musharraf Janjua, Izzat Bakhsh and WaqasJanjua were in the delegation.
Kyrgyz Ambassador said that Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan enjoyedgood relations that were growing with the passage of time. He said both countries have historical roots, common religion, similar traditions and worldview on many issues.He said that in the recent years, leadership of both countries have shown great interest to further strengthen and develop bilateral and regional cooperation.He said that Kyrgyzstan was quite interested in supporting Pakistan in solving energy crisis and was actively promoting implementation of CASA1000 power export project.He said that the bilateral trade potential between Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan has not been realized as yet and there was a need of taking strong measures from both sides to improve the existing trade volume for mutual benefit.
Speaking at the occasion, Vice President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Nisar Ahmed Mirza said that Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan enjoyed excellent political relations that should be transformed into growing trade and economic relations. He said that Kyrgyzstan should consider launching direct flights to Pakistan that would help in improving trade relations. He said that Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan being members of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) could jointly achieve goals in the areas of transport, energy and trade policy to alleviate poverty from the region.
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