NOURNEWS - "Sayed Javad Sadati Nejad" in a meeting with "Abdul Razzaq Davoud" Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Trade and Investment (Acting Minister of Commerce of Pakistan) and accompanying delegation added:
The relationship between Iran and Pakistan is very old, we have a common border, religion, culture and ethnicities that can bring better trade conditions for the two countries than today.
The Minister of Agriculture stated: Iran and Pakistan do not have competition in agricultural products, but they are complementary, so the opportunity for cooperation between the two countries should be used.
"At present, we have the capacity to export dates and apple trees to Pakistan, and in return, we can import sesame and rice," he said of Iran's exports to Pakistan.
Sadati Nejad added: "Our approach in the new government is to communicate with our neighbors through barter."
Pointing out that the tariffs of the two countries should be preferential, the Minister of Jihad for Agriculture said: "We must take a new look at agriculture and cooperate in the field of heavy livestock, camels, citrus and agricultural products, and the problems of border markets must also be resolved."
He suggested: "Financial relations between the two countries, according to the conditions of sanctions against Iran, should be done through the currency of the two countries in order to solve the trade problems of the two countries."
Barter, the solution of the Iran-Pakistan trade
Abdul Razzaq Daud, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Trade and Investment (Acting Minister of Commerce of Pakistan), continued the meeting:
Currently, trade and economic relations between Iran and Pakistan have nothing to do with the history of relations between the two countries, and we hope to be able to change this situation.
He added: "In this region, there is a need for a connection between Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, in which Iran and Pakistan are the most important countries. Without Iran, this relationship will not reach its final capacity."
Davoud continued: "Any improvement in trade and economic cooperation with Iran is very important and the trade volume of these two countries, especially in the field of agriculture, should be expanded."
Referring to the purification capacity in the two countries, he said: "Pakistan has rice and Iran has oil and petrochemicals, which we can barter these goods together."
"We are aware of the conditions of sanctions against Iran, and we are looking for a mechanism to establish an effective and useful relationship with Iran, so we are proposing cleanliness," said the senior adviser to the Pakistani prime minister on trade and investment.
He added: "We have the possibility of exporting products such as quinoa, mango and citrus to Iran, and we hope that the existing problems for trade exchanges will be resolved in the shadow of relations with Iran."
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