August 06, 2021: President Dr. Arif Alvi says peace is a key to achieve increased economic cooperation among the regional countries including the Central Asian Republics.

Addressing an event of business community in Islamabad, he said regional countries desire the promotion of trade and economic cooperation in the region for which peace is a must.

The President also mentioned recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan rail project from Mazar-e-Sharif to Peshawar through Kabul and said the realization of the project will provide a trade corridor for the promotion of regional trade.

He said that owing to present government’s prudent economic policies including the measure for ease of doing business, Pakistan is on the path of economic recovery and has performed well despite the COVID-19 challenge.

Radio Pakistan

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