Pakistani community in Italy playing an important role: Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese
Newswire
Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has said that and Pakistani community in Italy has been an important part of services sector and they had been contributing to the economy of the country.
In an interview, the envoy said Italy had some 150,000 Pakistanis living in the country. “Most of them moved to Italy several years ago and I am pleased to share that many of them are proud dual citizens, Italian and Pakistani, now. Majority of Pakistanis in Italy are living in North,” he added.
The Ambassador said Pakistani community plays an equally important role for Pakistan by contributing to the economy through forex remittances they make every year.
He said the tourism was slowly restarting in Italy as the country had almost defeated the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our government took numerous serious measures since then. Large numbers of tests were performed on public and extensive lockdown was imposed to curtail the spread of the virus. Thanks to tenacious fight put up by our health professionals, situation was controlled,” he added.
Ambassador Ferrarese said it was his dream to come to Pakistan as an Italian envoy.” This dates back to times when I was involved in projects of economic cooperation between Italy and Pakistan, some 26 years ago,” he elaborated.
The envoy further said: “|It is a matter of pride and pleasure for me to represent the Italian Republic in this beautiful country that has a long history of cordial relationship with my country. I wish to thank all Pakistani authorities and friends who have always been supportive, particularly during the difficult times Italy faced at the peak of Covid-19.”
Ambassador Ferrarese said he looked forward to work closely with the government of Pakistan, engage with business communities in a more productive way, as well as with the people from academia, cultural side, health, media, and other walks of life “to bring the two countries closer than we are, and to achieve new milestones that would actually reflect the true friendship between the two nations.”
