H. E .Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Commerce.
Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Commerce Engineer Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan’s visit to the Netherlands.
Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Commerce H. E .Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan visited the Netherlands on the invitation of the Dutch Government from 6th to 9th December 2015. During his visit, he attended a high-level conference on the EU and sustainability in global value chains which took place in Amsterdam on 7 December 2015 in the run-up to the Netherlands’ Presidency of the Council of the EU.
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On the sidelines of the Conference the Federal Minister for Commerce also held bilateral talks with Ms. Lilianne Ploumen, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade & Development Cooperation, for further promoting bilateral trade and economic relations between Pakistan and the Netherlands. Dutch Multinationals like Unilever, Shell, Philips and VimpleCom (holdling company of Mobilink) have very visible presence in Pakistan. Bilateral trade between the two countries is around US 1 billion and it is continuing to grow every year.
On 8th December 2015, Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan visited the Headquarters of the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI) in The Hague. The Managing Director of CBI Mr. Max Timmerman gave him a briefing about the Center and its potential for enhancing trade between Pakistan and the Netherlands.
Later, the Federal Minister witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between Pakistan Embassy and the CBI.
In the afternoon he visited the Rotterdam Port; the busiest port in Europe.
In the evening he attended the launching of the Netherlands Pakistan Business Facilitation Forum.
The Forum has the aim of facilitating Dutch Companies and to create awareness with regards to the Trade and Investment opportunities in Pakistan.
On the morning of 9th December, the honourable Federal Minister visited the Chancery of the Embassy of Pakistan in The Hague and appreciated the facilitation being provided by the Consular Section to Dutch Visa applicants and overseas Pakistanis in the Netherlands. Afterwards, he visited the Peace Palace.
The honourable Federal Minister departed the Netherlands in the afternoon.
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