Eurasia Press & News
Pakistan and India have shown their readiness to upgrade infrastructure on both sides of the border and remove red tape and technical barriers to trade from the Indian side, a diplomat said on Monday.
This was stated by Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan T C A Raghawan, while exchanging views with the businessmen.The Indian envoy and members of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) discussed at length the issues being faced by the two countries in improving trade that has remained stagnant for the last three years.
Raghawan said that the relations between the two countries have improved. He cited the recent successful visit of the Punjab chief Minister to India, increasing people-to-people contacts between the two countries and close interaction between the businessmen on both sides as evidence of better ties.
“Trade between the two countries was virtually insignificant till 2003 when the sharp focus of the diplomats of the two countries was political issues,” he said, adding that trade was given importance in 2007.
