FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Women Chamber and industry (FWCCI) has a main focus to attract foreign direct investment, joint ventures, technology transfer, buy back arrangements for women-led businesses and Pakistan Embassy in Baku-Azerbaijan will help to assist women entrepreneurs from FWCCI in this context, said Nighat Shahid, President FWCCI.
She was talking to media after attending a reception meeting with. Bilal Hayee, Pakistan Ambassador for Azerbaijan at Baku.
She said that Bilal Hayee was very receptive to welcome first ever women-led delegation headed by her from FWCCI at Pakistan Embassy Baku. She said that he assured of all-out assistance from the Pakistan Embassy at Baku to explore export opportunities, attracting foreign direct investment, joint ventures and buy back arrangements for women led businesses from FWCCI.
She said that Bilal Hayee highlighted the export opportunities available at Baku particularly for women entrepreneurs to take benefit of the higher potential available at Azerbaijan.
She said that she told the Ambassador that she was already working with different Central Asian Republics as Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and advanced economies as Italy, UK, Turkey, and neighbouring countries as Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asian countries as Indonesia, Malaysia to attract foreign direct investment to Faisalabad women-led businesses.
She said that she told the Ambassador that we may have regular liaison with the potential investors and importers of Pakistani products as textile, pharmaceuticals, furniture, rice and other items in Baku-Azerbaijan as advised by Pakistan Embassy in Baku.
She said that in the meeting she proposed for organizing Single Country Exhibition at Baku, and women delegation from Baku to visit FWCCI.
The delegation was headed by Nighat Shahid, President FWCCI and comprised of Hina Babar Khan, Zarqa Tariq, Shazia Sharif, Aqsa Riaz, Rabia Tauqeer, Sehar Amtul and Mian Shahid A. Sheikh.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2022
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