Indonesia to start direct flights with Pakistan for trade promotion

Abida Shaheen

Islamabad: Adam M. Tugio, Ambassador of Indonesia to Pakistan said this week that his country is to start direct flights with Pakistan in near future that would help boost people to people contacts and bilateral trade ties between the two countries.

He said that Indonesia is keen to further strengthen trade and economic ties with Pakistan and launch of direct lights would be helpful in achieving this goal.

Speaking at an event here, he said that an Indonesian Corner would be inaugurated soon in the National Book Foundation of Pakistan that would create better awareness about Indonesia in Pakistan and improve bilateral ties between the two countries.

Adam M. Tugio said that Pakistan and Indonesia have good potential to explore untapped potential of cooperation in Halal herbal medicines. He said that Pakistani pharmaceutical products are quite affordable and can penetrate the Indonesian market.

He said that Indonesia would organize a Pakistan-ASEAN specific expo in Jakarta next year and the Pakistani business community should participate in it.

He lauded the ICCI for sending its delegation to attend a trade expo in Indonesia and stressed that ICCI should send its regular delegations to Indonesia to explore all untapped areas of business collaboration between the private sectors of two countries.