Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has called for institutional support to enhance bilateral trade ties between Pakistan and Switzerland. Talking to President of the Swiss Confederation Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, the Prime Minister said Pakistan provided lucrative investment opportunities and there was a need to encourage business to business contacts between the private sectors of two countries. The Prime Minister, who was accompanied by Minister for Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh and Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar, said ties between the two countries have strengthened through regular exchanges. He said the annual summit of World Economic Forum was playing a key role in creating greater understanding of the issues of global importance and also in promoting closer ties between the two countries, according to a report of the Associated Press of Pakistan. For his part, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said the multifaceted cooperation between the two countries would continue to grow in the days ahead, adding that her government was committed to further strengthen all facets of Pakistan-Switzerland relations.
