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Pakistan
and Sri
Lanka
bilateral
trade
should
be
enhanced
by
identifying
more
potential
products
and
effective
utilizing
of Free
Trade
Agreement
(FTA)
between
both
countries.
This was
jointly
expressed
by
President
Karachi
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
Industry
(KCCI),
Anjum
Nisar
and
Consul
General
of Sri
Lanka
V.S.
Sidath
Kumar in
the 3rd
meeting
of
Diplomatic
Affairs
Sub-Committee-KCCI,
a KCCI
press
release
said.
President,
KCCI
said
that
even in
the
presence
of FTA
between
both
countries,
bilateral
trade
was not
properly
utilized
in the
past and
it was
the time
to
explore
it.
He
appreciated
the
active
role of
Sri
Lanka in
the
SAARC
forum.
Pakistan
and Sri
Lanka
were
lucrative
investment
destinations
for
exporters
of both
countries
as on
the one
hand
Pakistan
was a
gateway
to
resource-rich
Central
Asian
States
while on
the
other
hand Sri
Lanka
enjoyed
duty-free
access
to huge
EU and
Indian
markets.
Anjum
Nisar
urged
the
Consul
General
to draw
the
attention
of Sri
Lankan
Airline
to
operate
direct
flights
to
Colombo,
recently
the
flights
were
operated
from
Karachi-Mumbai-Colombo
and were
consuming
a long
time.
Consul
General
of Sri
Lanka,
V.S.
Sidath
Kumar
complimented
the
vibrant
role of
KCCI to
promote
trade.
He also
recalled
the MoU
signed
KCCI and
the
Ceylon
Chamber
of
Commerce
to
encourage
the
exchange
of trade
delegations
and to
earmark
the
potential
trading
items.
He
appreciated
that Sri
Lanka
was
enjoying
trade
with
Pakistan
in a
friendly
environment
without
any
hurdle.
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