Salehi stresses the importance of developing relations between Iran and Pakistan

Salehi stresses the importance of developing relations between Iran and Pakistan

According to Alalam.ir Website : This came during the Eighteenth Meeting of the Economic Cooperation Committee, Joint Iran-Pakistan in Islamabad, which began on Wednesday with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and Minister of Economy and Finance of Pakistan Hafeez SheikhIn his speech, Salehi said on the phenomenon of terrorism in the region, that as long as poverty persists and continues to foreign interference in the affairs of the region, terrorism will remain, emphasizing that the uprooting of the roots of this phenomenon need to know the basis on which stem from it and work to eliminate the joint effortsHe noted that Iran and Pakistan are facing problems and the threats of terrorism, he said, nothing to do with terrorism or national religion at all but certain that the purpose behind creating this phenomenon is creating challenges to stability and security in the countriesSalehi said that the principled policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a continuation of cooperation and strengthening relations with neighboring countries and the region, especially PakistanHe pointed to the increasing volume of trade exchange between the two countries to about a billion and a half billion dollars and this figure was considered as appropriate in light of the GR relations between them, stressing the need to search for ways to increase the size of the exchangeThe foreign minister stressed the importance of Iran's economic ties between Tehran and Islamabad, he said, that the two countries to develop cooperation also in the field of education, health and treatmentFor his part, Economy Minister of Pakistan to the friendly and brotherly relations between the two countries and said that the meeting of the Joint Economic Committee will help a lot in solving problems and economic crises in Islamabad in the light of the benefit from cooperation with IranHafeez Sheikh said to increase the volume of trade exchange between the two countries to a million and a half million dollars, considering that in the way of growth and added that this growth could reach 5 billion dollars alsoHe explained that the officials of his country's claim to the completion of pipeline transport Iranian gas to Pakistan, adding that the Pakistani government is now pursuing the necessary measures to implement the extended part of the project in PakistanThe closing session of the Eighteenth Meeting of the Joint Economic Cooperation Committee between Iran and Pakistan will be held on Thursday ...
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