Pakistan, Sri Lanka Hope to Achieve $1bn Bilateral Trade Target
Pakistan, Sri Lanka Hope to Achieve $1bn Bilateral Trade Target
Courtesy PID
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Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Wednesday stressed the importance of achieving $1 billion bilateral trade, with both sides agreeing to work toward broadening and deepening the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement.
In a joint communique issued by the foreign ministries of both countries at the conclusion of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s two-day visit to Sri Lanka, they noted that the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Conference had reiterated the importance of strengthening economic relations in key areas of mutual interest. They also pledged to diversify trade and investment between both nations, it added.