Uzbek Investors Urged to Set Up Display Centers in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD ( WNAM REPORT): Federal Minister for Privatization, Board of Investment and Communications Abdul Aleem Khan while talking to Uzbek Ambassador H.E. Alisher Tukhtaev said that these two countries are tied together in a single bond in terms of history, culture and religion. Pakistan is keen to promote bilateral trade and cooperation with Uzbekistan, therefore Uzbek investors should establish their Display Centers here in Pakistan, he added. In a meeting with Federal Minister Abdul Aleem Khan, Uzbek Ambassador H.E. Alisher Tukhtaev expressed his country’s desire to increase trade, cultural and other relations with Pakistan in future. On this occasion, discussions were held regarding the visit of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to Uzbekistan next month and its various aspects were discussed in which it was said that the visits of the heads of Government and Ministers of the two countries are playing an important role in strengthening mutual relations. Federal Minister for Board of Investment Board Abdul Aleem Khan suggested that Uzbekistan may send its tourism companies to Pakistan and invited them to invest in other communication projects in Pakistan besides the construction of Motorways. Abdul Aleem Khan suggested the Uzbek Ambassador that those traveling to Europe and America from Pakistan can be provided with a tourist visa of 48 to 72 hours on arrival at Uzbek Airports which will bring the people of both countries more closer.
In this meeting, Federal Minister Abdul Aleem Khan said that improving land connectivity will play a key role in strengthening relations so we need to further promote other means including air travel and railway lines. Expressing the attachment of the Pakistani people to Uzbekistan and the Central Asian states, Federal Minister Abdul Aleem Khan claimed that the Pakistani people are equally familiar with cities like Samarkand, Bukhara and Dushanbe and the construction of communication and road network to the countries of Central Asia is of utmost importance. Federal Minister Abdul Aleem Khan reiterated that Pakistan is keen to practically promote bilateral trade and cooperation with Uzbekistan and positive progress will be made in this regard in the coming days. In his talk, Ambassador of Uzbekistan H.E. Alisher Tukhtaev thanked Federal Minister Abdul Aleem Khan and assured all possible cooperation from the Uzbek Government for Pakistan.