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Iran expressed interest in expanding trade and economic cooperation with Pakistan through the ports of Karachi and Gwadar on Tuesday, as a delegation from Tehran held a meeting with a business team from Pakistan in Islamabad, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported.
The Radio Pakistan report said Iranian Industry, Mine and Trade Minister Mohammad Atabak led the delegation from Tehran and co-chaired the 10th session of the Pakistan-Iran Joint Trade Committee with Commerce Jam Kamal Khan in Islamabad.
At the meeting, he expressed interest in widening economic cooperation between the two countries.
“Iran places the highest priority on expanding comprehensive cooperation, particularly with the brotherly nation of Pakistan,” the report quoted him as saying.
