TDAP to facilitate business team to Ethiopia next month

KARACHI: Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) Chairman Zubair Motiwala has assured to fully facilitate the Pakistani businessmen delegation flying to Ethiopia on March 5 to 10 to explore trade and investment opportunities for Pakistani businessmen, a statement said on Tuesday.

The TDAP chairman assured of his full support in this regard during a meeting with Honorary Consulate General of Ethiopia Ibrahim Tawab.

Motiwala said that the TDAP team would extend all possible support for the preparations for the delegation. The TDAP would ensure participation of the prominent business community in the delegation by promoting through the authority’s different channels, he added.

There is a need for the Pakistani business fraternity to explore new markets, which would not only grow their own businesses but also contribute to the national economic growth, he said.

Honorary Consulate Tawab extended gratitude to Motiwala for the assurance and also congratulated him on assuming the charge as the TDAP chairman.

Motiwala is the right person for this job, as he knows the real problems the business community is faced with, he added.

Tawab said that the Ethiopian businessmen were ready to welcome the Pakistani delegation that will have meetings with the deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Ethiopia along with other high-level officials.

There is a huge potential of bilateral trade between Pakistan and Ethiopia, he said, while urging the Pakistani businessmen to join the delegation and explore the virgin market of Ethiopia, which is a gateway to Africa.

“There are a lot of business, trade and investment opportunities in Ethiopia for the Pakistani businessmen who can easily import tea, coffee, pulses and oilseeds from Ethiopia, which has a huge demand for pharmaceutical, textile products, surgical instruments, rice, chemicals, steel and cement,” Tawab noted.

He also briefed the TDAP chairman about the delegation, which would have business-to-business and business-to-government meetings, visits to industrial areas, subsidised airfare and accommodation at 5-star hotel, grand receptions and cultural events along with full support and free local transportation from the Ethiopian government.

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