{"id":13834,"date":"2025-11-06T16:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/11\/06\/deepening-rwanda-pakistan-trade-links\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T16:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:59:18","slug":"deepening-rwanda-pakistan-trade-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/11\/06\/deepening-rwanda-pakistan-trade-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Deepening Rwanda Pakistan Trade Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad, November 6 \u2014 Rwanda\u2019s High Commissioner to Pakistan, <strong>Harerimana Fatou<\/strong>, told attendees in a virtual business meeting that Kigali stands ready to support private-sector ventures with Pakistani firms, underscoring the importance of stronger Rwanda Pakistan trade ties.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on South\u2013South cooperation, the High Commissioner described Rwanda as a gateway to East Africa and urged Pakistani businesses to consider joint approaches that leverage Pakistan\u2019s market in South Asia. She said constructive business collaboration can yield meaningful outcomes across multiple sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Participants from the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Rwanda\u2019s Private Sector Federation, the Rwanda Development Board and Pakistan\u2019s Trade Development Authority shared practical ideas to expand bilateral commerce. <strong>Atif Ikram Sheikh<\/strong>, president of the FPCCI, highlighted agro-processing, manufacturing and services as priority areas and proposed creating a Pakistan\u2013Rwanda Business Council alongside negotiations for a Preferential Trade Agreement to accelerate Rwanda Pakistan trade.<\/p>\n<p>A representative of the Rwanda Development Board outlined the business environment in Kigali, pointing to transparent regulations, zero ownership restrictions for foreign investors and competitive tax regimes as incentives for foreign capital. He invited Pakistani entrepreneurs to explore opportunities in logistics, agriculture, tourism and renewable energy as entry points to the East African market.<\/p>\n<p>TDAP Director General <strong>Abdul Karim<\/strong> urged both sides to reduce non-tariff barriers to improve market access and stressed the value of sustained engagement through trade fairs and single-country exhibitions. He also announced Pakistan\u2019s intention to organise a dedicated trade exhibition in Rwanda to showcase Pakistani products and services.<\/p>\n<p>The interactive session that followed allowed business leaders to raise sector-specific questions and identify potential areas of collaboration, with discussion focused on enhancing logistics connectivity, exploring joint ventures and building institutional mechanisms to facilitate private-sector partnerships that will strengthen Rwanda Pakistan trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda Pakistan trade forum opens new investment and export opportunities with proposals for a business council and a dedicated trade exhibition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}