Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro has underlined the need for more interaction between businessmen, mediamen and parliamentary delegations of Pakistan and Greece to help further promote relations to cover all areas of interest.
There is a great potential of co-operation in areas of energy, ship-building and tourism where both countries can benefit from each other experiences in promoting bilateral ties and bringing people closer, he said.
Talking to Ambassador of Greece, Petros Mavroidis, who called on him here, the Prime Minister expressed satisfaction over the existing bilateral relations between Pakistan and Greece.
He said Pakistan's economy has benefited a lot from the financial sector reforms and this has been observed and acknowledged by international and local financial institutions and investors.
He said Pakistan has opened up its economy to local and foreign investors in all areas, including banking, telecom, IT, real estate, energy, agribusiness, construction, manufacturing and ship-building. The banking sector, he said, is offering highest return in shape of equity and assets.
The Prime Minister said Pakistan has emerged as a preferred destination for the investors because of its strong economic and structural reforms, which offer great attraction for investments
He said the incentives should be able to attract the Greek business community as well to benefit from and invest in areas of their interest. The ambassador appreciated the economic policies of the government of Pakistan and expressed keen interest in areas of energy, shipbuilding and tourism. He said Pakistanis in Greece are the second largest community and contributing significantly towards its development.