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Visit of Turkish President to enhance trade ties with Pakistan

ISLAMABAD,(MILLAT+APP): The Federation of Pakistan Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has welcomed the recent visit of
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to Pakistan,saying that it would
help enhance trade and business relations between the two countries.
“Turkey to avail huge business and investment opportunity in
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a number of business
delegation also accompanied him for business deals with Pakistan,”
President FPCCI,Abdul Rauf Alam told APP here on Friday.
He said that Turkey is time tested friend and brotherly
country of Pakistan and both sides have history of diplomatic ties
rooted in decades.
President FPCCI said that Turkey is emerging economy,”We need
economic and trade link for benefitting the business community of
both brotherly countries.”
Replying to a question,he said that Pak-Turkey have need to
strengthen the ties between the business communities and would
involves chamber for further enhancing relations in this regard.
Rauf Alam said that leadership of Pakistan-Turkey fully
committed for economic growth and generate the economic activities
in Pakistan and both sides are business friendly regimes.
Another Business leader,Senior Vice President FPCCI, Zafar
Bakhtawari stressed the need for Free Trade Agreement between two
brotherly countries for further bilateral trade relations.
He appreciated the voiced raised by Turkish President for the
people of Kashmir,who are struggling for their birth right to self
determination and freedom from indian Subjugation.
Zafar Bakhtawari strongly criticized Pakistan Tehreek- e –
Insaf (PTI) for boycotting the Turkish President address in joint
session of Parliament.