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New Delhi, Sept. 5

The bilateral trade volume between India and Pakistan can reach $10 billion in five years once dialogue resumes between the two countries, said the Pakistan Commerce Secretary, Mr Suleman Ghani, on Saturday at his meetings with industry bodies – PHD Chamber and the Assocham. At the PHD Chamber meeting, Mr Ghani said, “If we were to get everything right then it should not take us more than 5-6 years to reach $10 billion worth of trade volume.”

He also said that the foreign secretaries of the two countries are expected to meet soon to discuss the possibility of a meeting of Indian and Pakistani Prime Ministers at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meet in New York. He also assured India of Pakistan’s commitment to complete the Doha round of WTO talks by 2010. At the Assocham event, he said there was hardly any item on which India and Pakistan had disagreed upon during the recent WTO mini-ministerial meet in Delhi.

— Our Bureau

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