ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran on Friday agreed to strengthen cooperation in railways and regional connectivity to boost trade and infrastructure links between the two neighbors, state media reported.
The understanding was reached during a meeting between Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Railways Hanif Abbasi and Iran’s Minister of Road and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadiq on the sidelines of the Regional Transport Ministers’ Conference in Islamabad.
Abbasi told the Iranian minister bilateral ties had witnessed “notable improvement in recent years.”
“He highlighted that Pakistan’s railway system has been connected with Iran’s network since 1917, underlining the need to further strengthen infrastructure and operational cooperation,” the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) said.
Both sides discussed expanding freight operations and enhancing cross-border linkages as part of efforts to improve regional trade routes.
