New Pak PM committed on improving trade ties with India: US

June 08, 2013 03:58

The new Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, is committed to improving trade ties with India and grant it the status of 'Most Favored Nation', a top official of the Obama Administration has said. In the past few years, India and Pakistan have made quite substantial progress in their trade, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, said here yesterday.

"Now that we have a new Prime Minister in Pakistan who is committed to moving ahead on the trade front with India and to moving ahead on Most Favored Nation status, that's going to have quite a positive impact on trade between India and Pakistan," said Blake, an official serving under US President Barack Obama.

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