Plan to boost trade with Iran

Dar says current trade volume between both countries not at the optimal level

ISLAMABAD:

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Friday said that Pakistan was committed to taking all possible measures to resolve the bottlenecks to significantly augment bilateral trade volume with Iran.

Speaking to the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Pakistan, Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, who called on him, Dar said “the current trade volume between the two countries was not at the optimal level”.

The minister highlighted the deep rooted cordial and fraternal relations between Pakistan and Iran based on centuries-old religious and cultural affinities.

“Pakistan always highly values its brotherly relations with its neighboring country,” he said.

Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador Hosseini extended felicitations to the Finance Minister on assuming the charge of Finance Ministry and appreciated the economic policies of the government.

He underscored the deep rooted historical cultural, economic, trade and political bilateral relations between the two countries and discussed various avenues for enhancing fraternal relations.

Both countries have great potential for extensive collaboration in the fields of energy, trade and other areas, said Hosseini.

Opening of border markets, barter trade, free trade agreement and mutual investment to enhance the volume of trade between the two countries were discussed.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 24^th, 2022.

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