Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail on Wednesday said Pakistan is taking all possible measures to resolve the bottlenecks for significantly augmenting the bilateral trade volume with Iran.
The minister was talking to Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, who called on him here, according to a Finance Ministry press release. Miftah said the current trade volume between the two countries was not at the optimal level. He also highlighted deep-rooted cordial and fraternal relations between Pakistan and Iran based on centuries old religious and cultural affinities. He emphasized that Pakistan always highly values its brotherly relations with the neighbouring country.
The Iranian ambassador appreciated Pakistan’s economic policies and said the two countries had great potential for extensive collaboration in the fields of energy, trade and other areas. Both the dignitaries expressed their satisfaction on mutual bilateral relations and keen intention for enhancing collaboration in various areas of common interest.
Meanwhile, Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin-Ul-Haque on Wednesday emphasised the need for forming a Joint Working Group (JWG) with Turkmenistan for the promotion of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. During a meeting with Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Pakistan, Atadjan Movlamov the minister said that tripartite cooperation can be enhanced for using optical fiber cable enroute Afghanistan. Amin said that the access of Pakistani freelancers to Turkmenistan’s market will be helpful for promoting ICT.
He said Turkeminstan can benefit from Pakistan’s experts’ services in Software, cyber security, data protection, gaming, and animation. Turkmenistan’s companies can use Pakistan as a digital gateway for international access, he added. The Ambassador of Turkmenistan said that Pakistan and Turkmenistan have strong brotherly relations and the cooperation in the ICT sector will enhance ties between the two countries. He also lauded the performance of the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication. The meeting was also attended by senior officers of the ministry.
