Azerbaijan opens for all initiatives with private sector
Lahore (MNP) Ambassador of Azerbaijan Khazar Farhadov has said Azerbaijan has started direct flights from Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad to Azerbaijan and as a result, 50 thousand Pakistanis flown to Azerbaijan last year. This has also helped to increase the trade turnover three times.
He was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry. LCCI President Kashif Anwar, 3rd Secretary, Embassy of Azerbaijan Behbud Gadali and LCCI Executive Committee Members spoke on the occasion.
The Ambassador said that in the last 1.5 years, since he came to Pakistan as an ambassador, this is his third visit to LCCI which shows our intent for the business and trade relations with Pakistan.
He said that Lahore Chamber is a biggest chamber and also represents the provincial capital of the largest province of the country. This also shows the possibilities and opportunities both countries possess.
The Ambassador also emphasized on the need for exhibitions which he termed most important and significant to increase bilateral trade. We have already delegations from Islamabad and Gujranwala Chambers and we hope to see a delegation from LCCI very soon.
He said that we have a very easy visa process which takes only three hours to get Azerbaijan visa. Trade is not only government’s or business community’s task but all the segments of society can also help in this regard as we believe that today’s tourists can be a tomorrow’s trader or student or a high government official.
He said that Azerbaijan has established a few working groups and also increase the number of those working groups and we are already working to cooperate in energy, health and agriculture sector of Pakistan.
He said that private sector must take an active role as relations of both the countries are unique. Pakistan has supported us in our war with Armenia and never recognized Armenia because of this occupation of Azerbaijan’s territory.
