The Netherlands is the fourth largest EU investor in Pakistan, despite being a small country with a population of only 16 million people. This was said by Marc Mazairac, Deputy Head of Economic Affairs of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands at an informal meeting with the media in Karachi.
Trade relations between Pakistan and the Netherlands are more than six decades old, and the Netherlands is very much involved in Pakistan's economic activities be it in the shape of the ABN Amro bank or the pharmaceuticals giant ICI. The Dutch business sector has had very active relations with traders of this region since 1930s and the Dutch flag carrier KLM was flying to Karachi since the 1930s before it stopped operations to Pakistan recently.
Mazairac said the Netherlands viewed Pakistan as a country with very good prospects because Pakistan is strategically located in a region between two booming economic giants China and India. The Dutch envoy was of the opinion that Pakistan should exploit it geo strategic position between these two giants to promote trade in the region.-PR