KCCI team to depart for Mauritius on 26th

KARACHI: A high-level trade delegation from the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) will depart for Mauritius on February 26 to explore trade and investment opportunities between the two countries, a statement said on Monday.

The delegation is visiting on the invitation extended by the Mauritian President Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, it added. The KCCI delegation will also seek ways and means of how to effectively penetrate into the huge African market via Mauritius.

The delegation, to be headed by its Vice President M Rehan Hanif, will hold numerous meetings, including with the Mauritian president, office-bearers of Mauritian Chamber of Commerce, representatives of Greenwich University in Mauritius, Pakistan’s high commission and other important meetings with the Mauritian business and industrial community, it said.

Commenting on the KCCI delegation’s visit to Mauritius, Hanif said that the first and foremost purpose is to enhance the existing meager trade volume between the two countries and review the feasibility of routing Pakistani goods to African countries via Mauritius.

Besides having formal meetings with Mauritian counterparts, the KCCI delegation also intends to hold informal interactions with Pakistanis living there, he added. He was optimistic that the visit would bring the business communities of the two countries closer to each other and pave the way for enhanced trade and investment relations between the two countries.