ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan was committed to developing healthy ties with African countries.
While addressing the Envoys’ Conference entitled Engage Africa in Islamabad, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that we would fully facilitate and cooperate with the commerce ministry to achieve this objective.
Adviser on Commerce Razaq Dawood said that their vision was to double trade with African countries in the next five years which currently hovers between three to four billion dollars.
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Razaq Dawood said that Pakistan’s exports to Africa have risen more than one billion dollars.
Dawood said, “Our locally manufactured tractors are making their way in several African countries including Mozambique and Angola.”
Referring to the continent’s potential, the adviser said that Pakistan was holding a trade conference in Nairobi next year to utilize more opportunities.
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