PM reaffirms Pakistan's desire to enhance economic cooperation with Iran

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday reaffirmed Pakistan’s desire to enhance mutually beneficial economic cooperation with Iran including bilateral trade, investments and commercial interaction.

“In order to meet the bilateral trade target of five billion dollar by 2021, the two sides should work together in all the earnest,” he said while talking to Iranian Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif who called on him in Islamabad.

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Shahid Abbasi emphasized the need to deepen connectivity to harness benefits from regional economic integration.

He expressed his commitment to work to resolve the issues in implementation of Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project including the financing of pipeline infrastructure and the scope of snap back clause.

Last year in November, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa met Iranian military and civilian leadership and discussed issues related to the geo-strategic environment, defence & security and economic cooperation.