French Ambassador to Pakistan Martine Dorance called on Federal Minister for Finance Senator Ishaq Dar at the Finance Ministry on Thursday. Welcoming the French Envoy, the Minister said France had been a great friend and trusted partner of Pakistan and supported it on many international fora.
Dorance said, "France has many things to offer to Pakistan. We want to enhance the opportunities of bilateral trade and investment through business opportunity conferences where investors from both the countries could meet each other and take decisions for promoting their business." Ambassador Martine told the Finance Minister that France was going to arrange an event on 'climate change' in November 2015 and invited representatives from Pakistan to attend the event to apprise the World about its contributions for reduction in CO2 emissions. She also invited the Finance Minister to grace the event which would afford him an opportunity to attend Investors' Road shows at the same time in Europe. Ishaq Dar said the Finance Ministry intended to strengthen Pak-France bilateral economic ties by facilitating business to business contacts and promoting exchange of visits.-PR