SHARM EL SHEIKH, May 19: Pakistan and Egypt on Monday agreed to encourage their private sector to promote bilateral trade and economic relations.

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, during a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Ahmad Nazif on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh, said their economies enjoy a degree of complementarities which is conducive to promoting trade and investment in each other’s country.—APP