Distinguished Guests,
Parliamentarians,
Excellencies,
Ladies & Gentlemen!
Assalam-u—Alaikum, Good Afternoon and avery warm welcome to Pakistan House!
It is a pleasure and privilege to have you here with us this evening to celebrate Pakistan Mango and Biryani Festival together.
We Pakistanis call Mango the King of Fruits. It is among the sweetest fruits on the face of the earth. Biryani, made of Pakistan’s best Basmati rice is also part of the festival this evening.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Pakistan is the 5thlargest producer of mangoes in the world, and the 6thlargest exporter. Pakistani mango is exported to more than 57 countries. There are over 110 high quality varieties of mangoes. Each variety comes in the market at a different time and the mango season lasts for about four months from May to September. Chaunsa is the most popular variety – and we are serving White Chaunsa today.
In our endeavours to bring the Pakistani mangoes to the Turkish markets, we have been hosting this Mango Festival for over seven years now. It is one of the most anticipated events in the Ankara diplomatic and social calendar. We hope that one day, Pakistani mangos will be exported to Turkey and would be available to mango lovers on a regular basis.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
This evening, we have selected music, Biryani, and lots of mangoes and mango-based products to cater to your spiritual and culinary tastes. I wish to extend our gratitude to Hilton Ankara, for their collaboration in making this Festival possible.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Pakistani mangos are as sweet as the brotherly Pakistan-Turkey relations. There could be no better way to celebrate this friendship than with the King of Fruits, the Pakistani Mango. Please enjoy the evening and thanks once again!
Yaşasın Pakistan-Türkiye kardeşliği!
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