KARACHI, July 2: The Sri Lankan delegation on Tuesday visited the display centre of Export Promotion Bureau and expressed keen interest in the Pakistani products.

Later the delegation members, led by Lankan General Trading Company chairman Yasendra de Silva along with three others representing Sri Lankan ministry of commerce & consumer affairs, held a meeting with EPB chairman Tariq Ikram and vice-chairman Ijaz Ahmed Qureshi.

The delegation members have shown keen interest in importing pharmaceuticals, furnitures, sanitary wares, water purification systems, molasses, vegetable seeds specially onion seeds, and tin plates.

The visit of the delegation is the follow-up of the visit of EPB chairman Tariq Ikram to Sri Lanka last year.

The delegation members will also hold meetings with business community in Karachi, and will visit Lahore, Sialkot and Gujranwala to increase bilateral trade, specially possibilities to import various items from Pakistan.

APP adds: The delegation leader said that his country wanted to import pharmaceutical, furniture, molasses and other products from Pakistan as their quality was good. He said the purpose of his visit was to promote bilateral trade specially purchase of merchandise from Pakistan.

The EPB chairman informed the delegation that Pakistan can provide a good quality product range to Sri Lanka at competitive prices.

Lankan General Trading Company is the public sector company, which procures almost everything on behalf of the government of Sri Lanka through tenders as well as through direct purchases. This visit will provide a golden opportunity to Pakistani exporters to enhance their exports.