Turkey wants to sign Free Trade Agreement with Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Turkey has expressed keen interest for signing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan on Friday. Addressing business community in Islamabad, Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul has expressed keen interest in signing a sustainable and long-lasting FTA with Pakistan to achieve win-win results for both the countries. He hoped that Pakistan would final its list of items for the agreement with Turkey this month. The Turkish ambassador said leadership of both the countries have the objective to boost the bilateral trade to five billion dollars under the Free Trade Agreement. Ihsan Mustafa said the existing Pak-Turkey bilateral trade of around 800 million dollars is far below the potential. He further said Turkish companies have invested around 1.5 billion dollars in Pakistan while more companies are willing to invest here.