Geo-strategic concerns imply also a degree of commercial acumen. More than ever, we are living in a world that is permeable to outside influences. If we analyse the rise and fall of civilisations that dwelt in this region, we realise the importance that trade played in advancing particular interests and in increasing the engagement at all levels among peoples. Trade has been a primary tool for establishing contacts throughout all strata of society through the exchange of goods, services, ideas, ideals, and beliefs. Thus, today, through your activities, you are carrying forward the beacon of history.
Trade is above all necessary to develop stable relations among states.
For the more States engage in mutual trade and stronger links are established, the harder it will be to upset those links and lines of communication. When engaged in strong partnerships of trade, it is difficult, improbable, for war to be resorted to. International commerce usually represents the linking of some of the most enterprising elements in societies, with people seeking the best return for their efforts, with people searching for and exploring the potential of novel and relatively unknown markets. It does require courage. Business reflects the particularities of its age and the sociological traits of societies.