Ambassador of Poland in Pakistan, Dr Andrzej Ananicz, has said trade between Pakistan and Poland would get a new boost in coming months as a number of sectors specific agreements between the two countries are in the pipeline. The ambassador was speaking at Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday. LCCI Vice President Saeeda Nazar, Executive
Committee Members Mehmood Ghaznavi, Tahir M Sheikh, Zeeshan Khalil and Honrary Consul General of Poland in Lahore Shahbaz A Khan also spoke on the occasion. The ambassador said that Poland government was interested in further expanding economic relations with Pakistan in all fields including power generation through coal of which the country has huge reserves. The ambassador said Pakistan and Poland need to work together in order to identify possible fields of cooperation and to provide proper information to business communities of both sides. He, however, urged Pakistani businessmen to invest in new technologies to more efficiently exploit country’s resource potential and to enhance bilateral trade with Poland. He said volume of two way trade between Pakistan and Poland is improving every year and would hopefully touch new peak by the end of the year. He also said it was the private sector that should convince government and take a lead in evolving a well tailored methodology to improve the soft image of the country as the reluctance among the foreign buyers, particularly the businessmen from European Union, is a result of a number of law and order related incidents in Pakistan in yester years. Ambassador also promised that Polish Embassy would do its best to meet such challenges and support any proposals and ideas, which will help achieve common goals. Speaking on the occasion, LCCI Vice President Saeeda Nazar said current level of trade between Pakistan and Poland needs more concrete steps on both sides and foremost amongst them is the exchange of information.
