ISLAMABAD: Pakistan plans to export corn to neighboring Iran after the two countries finalize the arrangement in the coming weeks, according to an official statement released on Thursday after Pakistan’s Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan’s meeting in Tehran with Iran’s agriculture minister Gholamreza Nouri Ghezeljeh.
Pakistan and Iran, which have long been at odds over instability along their shared border, plan to expand bilateral trade to $10 billion from about $3 billion.
The two countries exchanged 12 agreements and memorandums of understanding during Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s August visit to Pakistan to boost cooperation in commerce, culture, tourism, transportation and scientific and educational exchanges.
Khan and Nouri Ghezeljeh reviewed progress on those accords and focused on strengthening agricultural cooperation.
“During the meeting, both sides reaffirmed their commitment to implement decisions taken by the Joint Committee on Agriculture Cooperation and agreed to facilitate imports of agricultural products,” the commerce ministry said in a statement circulated in Islamabad.
