Pakistan and Yemen have signaled a renewed push to unlock significant trade and investment opportunities, with officials agreeing that enhancing logistics and reviving formal cooperation frameworks are critical to realizing untapped economic potential.
According to official information today, the consensus was reached during a high-level meeting in the capital between Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal and the Ambassador of Yemen to Pakistan, Mohammed Motahar Alashabi.
During the discussion, the Yemeni envoy conveyed his nation”s strong desire to expand commercial engagement with Pakistan. Ambassador Alashabi emphasized the necessity of operationalizing existing bilateral agreements and strengthening institutional mechanisms to better facilitate commercial exchanges between the two countries.
In response, Jam Kamal affirmed Pakistan’s steadfast commitment to deepening its economic cooperation with Yemen.
The Commerce Minister observed that Pakistan’s growing entrepreneurial and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sectors could greatly benefit from improved access to close-proximity markets, specifically identifying Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Oman as key opportunities.