ISLAMABAD: The Free Trade Agreement between Pakistan and Thailand would hopefully be finalised by the end of this year and Pakistani businessmen should prepare themselves to take full benefit from this facility to promote trade with Thailand. Thailand’s Ambassador to Pakistan Suchart Liengsaengthong said this while addressing business community here at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Friday. He said the mentioned trade agreement between the two countries would be a new milestone that would take bilateral trade to higher levels. “Leadership of our both countries wants to double the existing volume of trade in few years and finalisation of the FTA would help in achieving this objective,” he added. The ambassador said that a 12-member Thai trade delegation would visit Pakistan in August this year to explore business matchmakings with their Pakistani counterparts. He said the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industries should also organise visit of its delegation for Thailand as frequent interactions between businessmen of both countries were the best way to know each other, build confidence and explore areas of mutual cooperation in order to promote bilateral trade.