Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, Federal Advisor on Textiles, will lead the delegation of leading textile companies to participate at 35th Federal Trade Fair 21st to 24th September, 2010 Moscow, Russia. One of the largest trade fair for the Russian Markets. Dr Baig will have meetings with the leading textile companies from different regions of Russian Federation, CIS, Baltic and East Europe.
Federal Advisor Textile will be meeting Oleg Kashcheev, the Deputy Head of Textile Industry, Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation on 22nd September to discuss ways and means to enhance the bilateral trade between Pakistan and Russian Federation. Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar and Federal Secretary Commerce Zafar Mehmood will also be meeting their counterparts during the same period.
Dr Baig said their exist a great potential of direct exporting textile products from Pakistan to Russian regions as at the moment they are buying Pakistani products through Turkey at much higher rate. President Asif Ali Zardari on his recent visit to Russia emphasised to increase the bilateral trade between the two countries.-PR