GWADAR, October 15: Pakistan and Iran have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve border situation.
The MoU was signed during the 21st two-day meeting of Pak-Iran Joint Border Commission in Gwadar.
The joint proposals pertaining to border situation, security matters, immigration and border trade between two countries came under discussion.
The meeting expressed firm determination to check drugs smuggling, intrusion of illegal immigrants and not let use of their respective soils for terrorism against each other.
Provincial Chief Secretary Aurangzeb Haque led the Pakistani side while Deputy Governor Sistan-Balochistan province Ali Asghar Mir Shikari headed Iranian delegation in the meeting.
Meanwhile, a delegation from Pakistan Balochistan Province and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi discussed bilateral and regional issues, including border security.
The delegation, headed by Balochistan Assembly Speaker Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani, held talks with Sarmadi.
Border security, visa issuance, gas export, establishing Quetta-Zahedan flights, electricity export, boosting economic cooperation and resolving banking issues were among the main topics of the talks.
The delegation arrived in Shiraz, southern Iran on Tuesday (October 10) and held talks with local officials in Fars Province.
The members of the parliamentary delegation from Pakistan’s Balochistan also met with Iran’s Parliament speaker Ali Larijani, and President Hassan Rouhani’s deputy for women and family affairs.-DNA
