Dr. Istvan GRAFJODI, Commercial Counsellor,
Embassy of Hungary visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry
and held meeting with Muhammad Ahmed Waheed President, Tahir
Abbasi Senior Vice President, Saif ur Rehman Vice President, Islamabad
Chamber of Commerce & Industry and members of business community
to discuss prospects for further improving bilateral trade and economic
relations between Hungary and Pakistan.

Dr. Istvan GRADJODI said that a delegation of Hungary was visiting
Pakistan from March 25, 2020 that would attend a business forum at
Lahore. He said he would explore the possibility of arranging a meeting of
said delegation with ICCI members. He said that Hungary was quite
strong in many sectors including automobile, energy, agriculture, health,
IT, water waste management and Pakistan could achieve beneficial
results for its economy by enhancing cooperation with his country in these
areas. He said that for promoting exports to Hungary, Pakistani
companies should focus on improving quality and promoting branding of
their products.

Speaking at the occasion, Muhammad Ahmed Waheed, President,
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry said that Pakistan needed
latest technology and machinery to improve its agricultural productivity
and added that Hungary’s cooperation in this field with Pakistan would
help in promoting our agriculture sector. He said that bilateral trade
between Pakistan and Hungary was not reflective of the actual potential of
Pakistan and Hungary and stressed that both countries should focus on
promoting strong business linkages between their private sectors to
further improve trade ties.

Tahir Abbasi Senior Vice President, Saif ur Rehman Khan Vice President
ICCI, Zafar Bakhtawari, Khalid Iqbal Malik, Usman Khalid, M. Shakeel
Munir, Khalid Chaudhry and others also spoke at the occasion and shared
ideas for further improving bilateral trade and economic relations between
Pakistan and Hungary.