ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has expressed government’s firm commitment to take all possible measures for resolving the bottlenecks to significantly augment bilateral trade volume with Iran.
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His comments came during a meeting with Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Pakistan, Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, who called on him the other day.
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The Finance Minister emphasized that Pakistan always highly values its brotherly relations with its neighboring country. The Finance Minister further said that the current trade volume between the two countries is not at the optimal level.
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Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar welcomed the Ambassador and highlighted deep rooted cordial and fraternal relations between Pakistan and Iran based on centuries old religious and cultural affinities.
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Ambassador Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini stressed that the two countries have great potential for extensive collaboration in the fields of energy, trade and other areas.
The meeting also discussed opening of border markets, barter trade, free trade agreement and mutual investment to enhance the volume of trade between the two countries.
