Iran and Pakistan will form a joint working group to look after border management, including security, trade and travel issues between the two countries, the Iranian interior minister has said.
Speaking at the conclusion of a one-day visit to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Monday, Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told Iranian state-run IRNA that both sides were also seeking to increase engagement on economic relations.
“Iran-Pakistan relations, especially in the economic field, should be stronger and broader,” Vahidi said.
During the visit, Vahidi met his Pakistani counterpart Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and the country’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
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