{"id":53713,"date":"2016-04-05T13:41:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T11:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/comunicati\/2016\/04\/gentiloni-pakistan-opportunita-2\/"},"modified":"2016-04-05T13:41:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T11:41:57","slug":"gentiloni-pakistan-opportunita-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/approfondimenti\/2016\/04\/gentiloni-pakistan-opportunita-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gentiloni: Pakistan offers opportunities for Italian businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opening the &#8216;Pakistan Trade and Investment Forum&#8217; at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni said that with its 200 million inhabitants, its 4.5-6% rate of growth and the progress made in terms of security and stability, Pakistan represents a &#8220;significant opportunity for Italian companies&#8221;. Italy, the minister pointed out, is the country&#8217;s third largest commercial partner in the EU and one of the top ten in the world. On the political front, Rome and Islamabad share common values, including a &#8220;commitment to UN peacekeeping and fighting terrorism&#8221;, explained Mr Gentiloni, reiterating &#8220;the pain and sympathy felt by Italy for the tragic attack in Lahore on Easter day&#8221;. The main sectors of interest to the Italian business community looking to invest in Pakistan are infrastructure, the agro-food industry, machinery and marble processing technology. &#8220;This is the time to invest in Pakistan because it will be one of the best markets over the next 20 years&#8221;, said Miftah Ismail, Chairman of the Pakistani Board of Investment, urging Italian companies to &#8220;come and see with their own eyes&#8221;. Mr Ismail said that the government&#8217;s commitment to assure security, energy supply and economic stability has made the country &#8220;an example throughout South East Asia, with the deficit down to 4% of GDP&#8221;. Furthermore, by 2019, the aim is to satisfy gas requirements by installing new facilities, following the 4 billion dollar investment made to connect energy networks in Pakistan&#8221;. (ANSA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opening the &#8216;Pakistan Trade and Investment Forum&#8217; at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni said that with its 200 million inhabitants, its 4.5-6% rate of growth and the progress made in terms of security and stability, Pakistan represents a &#8220;significant opportunity for Italian companies&#8221;. Italy, the minister pointed out, [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,3,76],"class_list":["post-53713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-asia-e-oceania","tag-diplomazia-economica","tag-ministri-precedenti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}