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President urges need to enhance trade ties with Africa
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has stressed upon the need to enhance trade relations with the African countries to realize their real potential keeping in view vast population of the African continent and the market opportunities available there.The President said this during his interaction with ambassadors and high commissioners belonging to 11 African countries who had been invited to Aiwan-e-Sadr on Wednesday for a meeting to consider ways and means of further bolstering relations with their countries.
The President during the meeting suggested creation of a small caucus representing the African embassies in Islamabad and relevant officers of the ministries for suggesting ways and means to move forward on further improving trade and commercial ties.
The President said the African countries can greatly benefit from Pakistan’s experience and expertise in the fields of infrastructure development, agriculture, banking and information technology.
He said Pakistan’s education sector, particularly professional institutes provide excellent opportunities and venues to the students belonging to the African countries to learn modern sciences and arts and there is need to strengthen and enhance existing exchanges in this area.
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