Leopoldo Francisco Sahores, Ambassador of Argentina, visited National Textile University and took a quick visit to the technology and facilities at the university.
- He was happy with the university’s contribution to accelerating the textile industry by providing skilled engineers. He further ensured for helping the university and Pakistan so that Pakistan could tackle the current issues and hoped that Pakistan would further increase its bilateral trade with Argentina.
Argentina will collaborate with Pakistan in enhancing cotton production and value addition of different commodities and livestock products. It was said by Ambassador of Argentine Leopoldo Francisco Sahores while addressing the business community at Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He expressed concern about the decline in cotton production in Pakistan. He said that the foreign exchange earning textile sector was dependent on cotton and the decline in its production was very embarrassing for the country.
Ambassador said that:
“Pakistan must enhance the per acre yield of cotton to ensure an adequate supply of raw material to the textile sector. He said that his country could help Pakistan enhance cotton productivity with innovative technologies and the value addition of different commodities. He said that he has just taken over his diplomatic responsibility in Pakistan, but he is fully aware of the trade-related issues.“
Atif Munir Sheikh, president FCCI, said that Faisalabad was the third largest industrial hub, contributing significantly to job creation. Although textile was the iconic representation of this city, he said that Argentina could share its technology with Pakistani industrialists further to diversify the product range with better outreach.
