Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz along with the President of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nasir Khan are visiting Uzbekistan to promote bilateral trade and economic relations between the two countries.
Both Pakistan and Uzbekistan have great trade potential and can collaborate in the field of sports goods, textile fabrics, cotton, silk, agricultural machinery and some others.
Talking to reporters PM said that four Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) would be signed during this visit to promote trade and economic ties.
PM also said since Uzbekistan and Afghanistan are the most important links between Central Asian states, Pakistan is making efforts to improve relations with both of them.
Nasir Khan said that Government is negotiating to sign Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) and Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with a number of countries around the globe, which will increase its export.
Khan also said that after this visit Islamabad Chamber of Commerce would take businessmen delegation to look at the possibilities of trade and investment between the two countries.