Ample opportunities for collaboration between Italy, Pakistan: Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese
Celina Ali
Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that there were ample opportunities for collaboration between Italy and Pakistan.
The Ambassador emphasised enormous investment opportunities for mutual trade between Pakistan and Italy that can prove to be beneficial for both countries.
In an interaction with Pakistani businesspersons the envoy said that after observing the economic and trade potential of the two countries he discovered that much moiré can be done.
He suggested that bilateral cooperation can be extended through a green economy, technological transfer, education, and health.
He further mentioned that some of the potential areas that Italy is interested in extending its economic cooperation are dairy, livestock, plastics, food, and the construction sector.
Ambassador Ferrarese said Italy was already providing upgraded machinery to the agriculture, marble and leather industry of Pakistan.
He said the Italian government has also financed the Italy-Pakistan Textile Technology Center (IPTTC) in Faisalabad at the National Textile University (NTU) to assist the textile sector.
