Islamabad (APP): Ambassador-designate of Cambodia Ung Sean Monday presented his credential papers to President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi at a special ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.

Envoys-designate of Japan Mitsuhiro Wada, Norway Per Albert Ilsaas, and Poland Maciej Pisarski also presented their credentials to the President individually in the ceremony.

The president congratulated the newly-appointed envoys and expressed the hope that they would play their role in further strengthening political, commercial, diplomatic and cultural relations with Pakistan.

President Dr Arif Alvi said Pakistan offered business-friendly policies for foreign investors particularly in agriculture, information technology, telecommunication, energy, and tourism sectors.

Talking to the ambassadors-designate separately, the President highlighted Pakistan’s desire to further expand bilateral trade and commercial cooperation with the friendly countries, saying that the mutual trade needed to be taken to its fullest potential.

He asked the ambassadors-designates to encourage the businesses of their respective countries to invest in Pakistan which is an attractive destination for investment.

The President apprised the envoys about Pakistan’s successful handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by introducing smart-lockdowns which led to the containment of the disease.

He also highlighted the need to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan which had been a victim of war for over four decades.