By Ek Tha
PHNOM PENH, 10 July 2013 (PRU) – The Pakistani Ambassador to Cambodia
told Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Sok An on Wednesday that Pakistani
businesses are looking to invest in agriculture, garments and
pharmaceutical products in Cambodia.
His Excellency Dr. Sok An welcomed H.E Ambassador Amjad Ali Sher’s
shared interest of improving trade, agriculture and tourism for the
benefit of the two peoples and countries.
“We are also looking to have cooperation with Cambodia in the field of
academic and diplomatic training course”, said the Ambassador.
H.E. Amjad Ali Sher said that Pakistani investors and traders have
asked the embassy to identify areas of Cambodian garment and textile
investment for export to markets in the U.S. and European Union (EU).
Cambodia receives an estimated 3 million tourists a year and that
figure is expected to increase by nearly 20 percent a year. Cambodia
also has bountiful crops, mainly rice.
Two-way trade between Cambodia and Pakistan was US$16 million in 2011.
It was $103.4 million in 2012. For the first 6 months of this year, the
value is more than $11.6 million.
“We have common interests in trade and investment. We appreciate the
work of the Pakistani embassy”, Dr. Sok An said in the meeting.
Ambassador Amjad Ali Sher said, “We need our bilateral relations to be deeper and stronger”.
In November 2012, Cambodia appointed an Honorary Consul General in
Lahore, Pakistan, aiming to facilitate bilateral trade, investment and
tourism. END
