Argentinean envoy for enhanced trade ties with Pakistan

RECORDER REPORT

RAWALPINDI (November 12 2005): The Ambassador of Argentine Redolf J Martin has stressed the need to enhance bilateral trade and economic activities between Pakistan and Argentine and said there were huge vistas of co-operation in economic activities still vacant.

"The business community of two sides should increase liaison and make constant increase in the list of trading commodities between the two countries", Redolf J Martin said here on Friday while addressing senior executives and members of the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) during his visit.

At his arrival in the chamber, RCCI acting President Syed Mushtaq Ali and other high ups received the Argentinean envoy.

Argentinean Ambassador led a business delegation of his country to RCCI for trade co-operation and economic activities.

While addressing the meeting, Redolf Martin said both countries had huge potential of trade in textile, leather goods, sports goods and agricultural machinery and it was duty on the part of business community to explore markets of two countries.

He stressed the need for exchange of trade delegations to explore markets and increase trade volume between Pakistan and Argentina. Joint ventures of industrialists of two sides were also imperative and business community of two countries should learn from the experiences of each other, he added.

He invited the RCCI trade delegation to Argentina and assured they would be provided all possible facilities in Argentina besides helping them to make liaison with the business community of the country.

The head of Argentinean Trade delegation Colonel Kepra offered joint ventures to RCCI members in manufacturing of chocolates, toffees and Biscuits.

Syed Mushtaq Ali, while speaking on the occasion, said private sector had a great role to play to enhance trade relations between two countries.

He invited the Argentinean industrialists to invest in Rawat Industrial Estate of RCCI, the first industrial estate in private sector.