KARACHI: A high-level delegation from the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry, which is currently on a visit to Mauritius, met President of Mauritius Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim during their visit to the State House situated in Moka District of Mauritius where they briefed the president and gave suggestions on how to deal with some major hurdles hindering the smooth trade between the two countries.
Exchanging views with the President Mauritius, KCCI’s delegation, which was being led by Vice-President KCCI Rehan Hanif, expressed deep concern over the ban imposed by the Mauritian government on the imports of meat from Pakistan. They said that, in this regard, officers of the Mauritian Health Department were scheduled to visit Pakistan since two years to inspect the health and hygiene conditions of Pakistani meat prior to lifting a ban on the meat imports but they have not visited the country so far and their visit is postponed every time they intend to visit Pakistan because of minor issues.
They requested the Mauritian President to send the Mauritian Health Officers to Pakistan urgently so that the ban imposed on meat imports could immediately be lifted which would certainly help in improving the meager trade volume between the two countries.
Referring to the last visit of Mauritian President to Pakistan, KCCI’s delegation recalled that the Mauritian President during the said visit to Pakistan assured provision of space for organizing Pakistan’s single country exhibition in Mauritius. In this regard, they requested the president to instruct the officials concerned to make arrangements so that the Karachi Chamber could hold single country exhibition which would bring the business communities of both countries more closer to each other.
They further expressed concern over the limited period visas issued to the visitors from Pakistan for up to seven days only which has to be increased to one month at least in order to encourage the business-to-business and people-to-people interaction between the two countries.
After being briefed about the potential of Mauritius, KCCI’s delegation was fairly convinced that the island was a gateway to Africa and it has the potential to become Dubai of Africa in the days to come. Mauritius can be used by Pakistani business community to effectively penetrate into the African region where Pakistan’s trade was almost non-existent.
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