The President of the Republic, Head of State, HE Mohamed Bazoum, received late Thursday afternoon, June 2, 2022, the Ambassador of Pakistan to Niger, Mr. Ahmed Ali Sirohey.

The meeting focused in particular on the visit that the President of the Republic will make to Pakistan in two months, and on the Niger-Pakistan special economic zone that the two countries agreed to create last year, following the Investment Forum and Niger-Pakistan Affairs, said Mr. Ahmed Ali on leaving the hearing.

Initially the special economic zone was to be located in Sadoré, but President Mohamed Bazoum has decided that it will be established in Dosso, where the regional and municipal authorities have promised 100 ha of land for the construction of this zone, he said. -He specifies.

Several other issues were raised during this hearing, including the plan for the takeover of SONIPHAR by Pakistani investors, the education and health corridor project, mining exploration and agriculture, he said. added saying that Pakistani investors are ready to invest in all these areas.

Source: Presidency of the Republic of Niger