Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Wednesday signed a Protocol of Co-operation with Cairo Chamber of Commerce (CCC) to further improve bilateral trade and economic relations between Pakistan and Egypt. Khalid Iqbal Malik, President, ICCI and Tarek El-Sallab, Second Vice Chairman, Cairo Chamber of Commerce signed the Protocol of Co-operation in Cairo, Egypt. Mushtaq Ali Shah, Ambassador of Pakistan to Egypt was also present on the occasion.
ICCI delegation led by Khalid Iqbal Malik, chamber's president is in Egypt these days. Founder Group Chairman Khalid Javed, Zafar Bakhtawari, Zahid Maqbool, Chaudhry Waheed ud Din, Naeem Siddiqui and Fatima Azeem are in the delegation. By signing the protocol of co-operation, both chambers have agreed to work for increasing direct connectivity and business linkages between the private sectors of Pakistan and Egypt in order to explore new areas of mutual collaboration.
Both chambers would facilitate exchange of trade delegations as Khalid Iqbal Malik said, "Pakistan and Egypt enjoyed cordial relations since long, but their bilateral trade was not up to the real potential." He stressed that, "Pakistan and Egypt should focus on further improving bilateral trade as they have good potential to trade with each other in many areas."
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