TEHRAN: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President of Iran Hassan Rouhani on Sunday agreed to continue with the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.
According to reports, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif informed the Iranian President that he was there with his team of finance, petroleum and interior to resolve all the matters which were creating hindrance in the project as it was beneficial for both the countries.
Both leaders reiterated their commitment to enhance the bilateral trade between the two countries during the meeting, held at Saadabad Palace. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said there was lot of scope of increasing the trade volume and they wanted to enhance it to new levels of $5 billion.
He said Pakistan Iran relations were bound by historical and religious linkages.
“I am here to open a new chapter in Pakistan-Iran relationships”, he said, adding “As a Prime Minister, I visited Iran firstly in 1999 and have always found the Iranian more affectionate on every visit to Iran.”
President Rouhani said Iran-Pakistan relations had historical connections. Apart from being neighbouring countries, both Muslim countries have the common traditions and relations.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit would further boost the brotherly relations between the two countries, he added.
Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar, Federal Minister for Petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Governor Balochistan Achakzai, Advisor to PM on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and Special Assistant to PM Tariq Fatimi were also present during the meeting.
The Prime Minister told the President that some miscreant elements were trying to sabotage the brotherly relations between Pakistan and Iran. He said they would deal with all such elements firmly and would not let them sabotage these relations- APP
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