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Pakistan connected Thursday (January 30, 2026) said it was successful interaction with European Union authorities to tackle immoderate interaction connected its exports successful the aftermath of a trade statement betwixt India and the 27-nation bloc.
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“We are alert of this agreement. We person seen reports arsenic good arsenic the content,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi told reporters successful effect to a question astatine his play property briefing.
He was asked astir fears among the concern assemblage successful Pakistan implicit the anticipation of losing the export borderline against competitors from the region. The India-EU woody efficaciously blunts Pakistan's longstanding tariff edge, which had been supported by the GSP+ duty-free entree scheme. The GSP+ would expire successful December adjacent year.
The EU remains Pakistan's largest export destination.
Mr. Andrabi said Pakistan was making an effort to support long-standing affable and mutually beneficial relations with the EU.
The GSP+ presumption was granted to Pakistan by the EU successful 2014, resulting successful a 108% summation successful Pakistani textile exports to Europe owed to concessional tariffs.
“The EU GSP+ strategy for Pakistan has proven to beryllium a win-win template for bilateral cooperation, some for Pakistan and the EU. Imports of textiles and apparel from Pakistan to the EU cater for the user market, providing an uninterrupted proviso of affordable goods done the arrangement,” helium said.
The spokesperson said that the full measurement of commercialized betwixt the 2 sides was adjacent to 12 cardinal euros.
He said that the contented of GSP+ substance came nether treatment during the strategical dialog held precocious past year, and it besides figured successful galore consequent engagements with the EU and with the constituent countries of the EU.
“We are pursuing this substance bilaterally with the EU Member States and besides collectively with the EU office successful Brussels,” helium said.
To different question, Mr. Andrabi said Pakistan noted the caller defence talks betwixt India and the UAE, and the missive of intent signed betwixt them.
"Pakistan enjoys adjacent brotherly relations with the UAE. We stay committed to further strengthening these multifaceted ties. We would not remark connected a peculiar statement betwixt the 2 sovereign states arsenic such,” helium said.
Mr. Andrabi besides ruled retired the anticipation of Pakistan becoming a portion of the Abraham Accords, saying its information successful the Board of Peace for Gaza had nary nexus to the Abraham Accords.
"Joining the Board of Peace has nary transportation with the Abraham Accords and does not correspond immoderate deviation from Pakistan's principled presumption connected Palestine," helium said.
On Iran, helium said Pakistan remains opposed to the usage of unit and coercive measures.
When asked astir the sentiment of the Foreign Office connected the contented of the Pakistan cricket squad playing the upcoming cricket World Cup, helium said the substance was betwixt the Pakistan Cricket Board and the ICC and applicable cricket authorities.
