Trade ties between Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan have great potential for growth – official

BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 19. Trade ties between
Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan have a great potential for growth, Minister
of Commerce of Pakistan Syed Naveed Qamar said today, Trend reports citing the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the meeting with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Kyrgyzstan Aibek Artykbaev, Qamar noted that with the right
strategy, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan have the potential to take
regional cooperation to a new level.

Artykbaev, for his part, touched upon the development of
mechanisms for increasing the volume of bilateral trade, in
particular, the signing of a bilateral agreement on transit trade
and the creation of working groups on trade, opening joint
ventures, attracting Pakistani companies to invest in various
projects in Kyrgyzstan.

He stressed the importance of establishing effective logistics
routes between countries by organizing permanent road, rail and air
links.

In addition, both sides discussed the issues of holding the 4th
meeting of the Kyrgyz-Pakistani Intergovernmental Commission on
trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation and joint
business forums.