RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) hinted at holding a trade conference in Indonesia in coming months to enhance the business and trade cooperation between the two potential trade partners to connect with the global value chain.
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Pakistan, Adam Mulawarman Tugio on Sunday described the proposal as workable and an important step towards trade and diplomatic relations between the wo countries.
The Indonesian envoy said this while hosted a dinner in the honour of delegation of Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) led by the RCCI President Chaudhry Nadeem A Rauf, including Group Leader RCCI Sohail Altaf, RCCI Senior Vice President Asim Malik, Vice President Tallat Mahmood Awan, former RCCI president Mohammad Nasir Mirza, former RCCI president Syed Asad Mashadi and Member Executive Committee Usman Shoukat, said a press release issued here.
Indonesia emerged as the only economy of US$ 1 trillion in ASEAN and Islamic world and both the countries have great potential for cooperation in all fields including tourism, trade, e-commerce and defense.
The Ambassador said that Pakistani businessmen should play their due role in promoting trade and investment in emerging Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) markets like Indonesia.
In the US$ 1 trillion annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) market of Indonesia, there are ample opportunities for the Pakistani business community for trade and investment to enhance the bilateral business ties with Indonesian traders, which could benefit the business community of both countries, he said.
He said Pakistan and Indonesia have great potential for cooperation in all fields including tourism, trade, textiles, auto mobile, pharmaceutical and e-commerce.
The envoy said that Indonesia has a rich culture of tourism and hospitality and the government wants to increase this sector to 10% of the annual national income, but due to the current wave of COVID- 19,“We have not been able to achieve our targets in the tourism sector, which we are trying our best to meet.”
Indonesia has Bali and other beautiful islands, which are the center of world tourism.
He said that there are many attractive opportunities for people going to Indonesia for tourism from Pakistan.
All tourism facilities in Indonesia including cheap hotel accommodation are affordable and suitable for foreign tourists, he said. Indonesia can also share experiences with Pakistanis such as promoting its tourism and in this regard new avenues of cooperation can be opened between the two countries.
He said that Pakistan and Indonesia are among the most beautiful countries in the world and both countries can benefit from each other’s experiences.
He said that the automobile sector in Indonesia is doing a lot of work in car production and Indonesia is also exporting cars and other small vehicles.
