{"id":26854,"date":"2025-03-25T00:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T00:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=26854"},"modified":"2025-03-25T00:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T00:12:07","slug":"dutch-envoy-vows-to-cement-economic-ties-with-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=26854","title":{"rendered":"Dutch envoy vows to cement economic ties with Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250325-WA0011-1024x402.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250325-WA0011-1024x402.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250325-WA0011-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250325-WA0011-768x302.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250325-WA0011-1536x603.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250325-WA0011.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : \u2013 Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan and the Dutch Ambassador to Pakistan Henny Fokel de Vries discussed enhancing trade, investment, and economic cooperation between the two nations, focusing on agriculture, technology, fisheries, and textiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister stressed the need to diversify trade beyond GSP+ by exploring investment in agriculture and industrial innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ambassador highlighted Dutch expertise in agricultural technology and water management, offering potential collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU-Pakistan Business Forum was discussed as a key platform to boost trade.<br>Pakistan\u2019s exports to the Netherlands rose to US$1.48 billion in 2023-24, with textiles, rice, and alcohol as top products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture and Fisheries were central to the talks, with Pakistan seeking Dutch support in precision farming, AI-based solutions, and Karachi\u2019s fish harbor to meet EU export standards in fisheries. An EU fisheries audit is scheduled next month, and Pakistan urged Dutch assistance in ensuring compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister also called for investment in Pakistan\u2019s textile sector, emphasizing the modernization of outdated machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ambassador suggested exploring Dutch FMO funding for industry upgrades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan requested a review of the Netherlands\u2019 decision to discontinue technical programs like PUM and CBI, stressing their role in strengthening trade potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting concluded with an invitation to the Dutch Foreign Trade Minister to visit Pakistan with investors in IT, agriculture, and renewable energy. Ambassador de Vries reaffirmed the Netherlands\u2019 commitment to fostering strong economic ties with Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad : \u2013 Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan and the Dutch Ambassador to Pakistan Henny Fokel de Vries discussed enhancing trade, investment, and economic cooperation between the two&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[1953,2391,715],"class_list":["post-26854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-main-stories","tag-dutch-ambassador-to-pakistan","tag-federal-minister-for-commerce-pakistan","tag-netherlands-embassy-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26856,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26854\/revisions\/26856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}