Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif arrived today in a three-day official visit to BiH. He was welcomed on the Sarajevo International Airport by numerous BiH delegation, together with the Ambassador of BiH to Pakistan Nedim Makarević.
Official part of the visit starts today. Sharif is supposed to meet with members of the Presidency of BiH, as well as with members of colleges of both houses of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH. Also, he will meet with Reis ul-Ulema of the Islamic Community in BiH Husein Effendi Kavazović.
On the occasion of this visit, a business forum will be held tomorrow at the premises of the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH with BiH and Pakistani businessmen.
On Thursday, the Pakistani Prime Minister will visit the grave of the first president of the Presidency of RBiH Alija Izetbegović at the Kovači Cemetery. Sharif knew Izetbegović personally because the first time he came to visit BiH was in 1993. Sharif will end his visit on Thursday, after attending the exhibition about Srebrenica in the Gallery “11/07/95” in Sarajevo.
According to the Ambassador Makarević, a lot is expected from this visit, especially from the business forum that will be held tomorrow.
“This visit means a lot because Pakistan is a friendly country which helped BiH in earlier years, and the most recent help from Pakistan came after the floods,” said Makarević.
Makarević also added that with 813 square kilometers of surface area, 200 million residents and around 300 nuclear warheads Pakistan is a major force and a friend of BiH that must be respected.
“There are possibilities for development of trade, textile and food industry, but primarily defense industry,” said Makarević.
Makarević said that in 2013 the export from BiH to Pakistan amounted to 100.000 BAM and now it amounts to 10 million BAM. However, it can increase to as much as 100 million BAM. Makarević said that everything can be agreed on the highest level between officials of the two countries and those possibilities are realistic, and precisely that is the reason why these meetings are good.
(Source: ba.n1info.com)
