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Saarc moot calls for trade liberalisation
The secretaries highlighted the importance of learning lessons from each others’ development experiences and financial inclusions for the common good of the people of member states. The finance secretaries met to finalise the agenda for the 8th Saarc ministerial conference to be held today (Friday). Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to address the inaugural session. The meeting unanimously elected Pakistani Finance Secretary Dr Waqar Masood as chairperson to discuss the agenda of promoting peace, stability and shared prosperity.Saarc Secretary-General Arjun Bahadur Thapa and finance secretaries from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka attended the meeting. They highlighted the eco**mic performances of their respective countries and put forward recommendations for making Saarc a platform for regional integration by trade liberalisation through Safta, regional connectivity and utilising the rich resources of the region for a shared prosperity of the 1/5th of the world population. They also stressed the need for utilising the Saarc Development Fund (SDF) for building infrastructure and promotion of social ******* for the prosperity in the region.Dr Waqar stressed the need for focusing on various areas – including reduction or removal of **n-tariff barriers, energy cooperation, trade facilitation measures, investment cooperation, reduction of products in the sensitive list and improvement in connectivity among the member states. He underlined the need for tangible recommendations to pull the people out of poverty. “A lot of progress has been made but more needed to be done in this regard,” he added.Dr Waqar also called for making collective efforts to achieve the goals of peace and shared prosperity in the region.Arjun Bahadur Thapa in his remarks stressed the need for implementing the Saarc agenda and highlighted the need for taking action to execute the decisions. أكثر... ??????? ??????: Saarc moot calls for trade liberalisation || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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