Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese sees enormous potentialities between Italy, Pakistan

Celina Ali

Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that he had great confidence in the enormous potentialities between Italy and Pakistan.

The Ambassador said when he was asked by his government where he wanted to go, “Pakistan was my choice.”

He added: “I decided to come here because I have a great confidence in the potentialities between the two countries and had very strong sympathies from my youth for Pakistan. When I was 25 years of age, I worked for the first time with Pakistani businessmen and had a tremendous impression of your businessmen and civil servants. I kept those memories and thought if possible I’d go to Pakistan as Ambassador.”

The envoy said the government of Italy intended to strengthen structures to promote Italy in Pakistan, especially in commercial and cultural sectors. “One of the plans is to turn Karachi into ‘green economy’,” he said.

Ambassador Ferrarese said Pakistan and Italy were great friends and both sides were interested to enhance the bilateral cooperation to new levels.