ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Pakistan and Saudi Arabia agreed on Wednesday to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA) for trade liberalisation and increasing the volume between the two countries.

Pakistan offered Saudi Arabia to negotiate the FTA directly or sign a preferential trade agreement (PTA) first for providing mutual trade opportunity in each other’s markets, said Commerce Secretary Muhammad Younus Dagha in a briefing to a Saudi trade and investment delegation.

From the Pakistani side, the delegation was led by Dagha and comprised officials from the commerce ministry and Board of Investment (BOI) whereas Energy, Industries and Mining Adviser Ahmad Al Ghamdi headed the delegation of Saudi Arabia.