Pakistan should focus on value addition to its products, Italy ready to help: Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese

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Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that Pakistan should focus on value addition to its products and Italy could help it with its advanced technology in various fields including marble manufacturing and tourism.

He said that business environment in Pakistan is much better now and his country wants to further strengthen bilateral trade and economic relations with Pakistan to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

In an interaction with the Pakistani business community, the envoy said that 21st Century was the century of Asia and Italy wanted to develop closer cooperation with Pakistan and help it to improve competitiveness of its economy.

Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese termed lack of awareness in the Italian business community about Pakistan a problem for trade promotion, but revealed that efforts were being made to bring the Italian trade commissioner from Dubai to Pakistan, which would help in addressing issues and improving bilateral trade between the two countries.

Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese said that the Italian embassy was considering giving long-term business visas to prominent Pakistani businessmen on the recommendation of Pakistani chambers of commerce and industry.