Kazakh envoy visits LCCI

LAHORE: Kazakhstan and Pakistan have agriculture and industry-based economies; therefore, they should enhance cooperation in these areas, a statement quoted a diplomat, as saying.

Talking to members of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Ambassador of Kazakhstan Akan Rakhmetullin said that it is time to work closely to increase bilateral trade volume.

There is a lot of trade potential between the two countries, he said, adding that B2B contacts and exchange of trade delegations can contribute a lot. He assured his full cooperation to Pakistani businessmen for arranging meetings with their counterparts in Kazakhstan. The ambassador invited the Pakistani businessmen to invest in Free Economic Zones in Kazakhstan, which are exempted from all sorts of taxes.