PM emphasises cross-border cooperation, especially cross-border trade & formation of border markets

ISLAMABAD, December 19: Iranian Foreign Minister Dr. Hossein Amir-Abdullahian, who is in Islamabad to attend an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers of Islamic countries, met with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan this afternoon.
In this meeting, Iranian Foreign Minister, while congratulating the holding of an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the OIC member states in Pakistan, stressed the need for cooperation of all Islamic countries in the rapid delivery of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
Dr. Amir Abdullahian added that the Islamic Republic of Iran, regardless of political issues in Afghanistan, has supported the sending of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and in this regard, while keeping its borders open, is ready to cooperate with all countries to deliver aid to the Afghan people.
The Foreign Minister said that the only solution for peace and final stability in Afghanistan is the formation of an inclusive government with the participation of all ethnic groups of Afghanistan.
Bilateral issues between Iran and Pakistan, especially the issue of border cooperation, was another part of the issues raised by our Foreign Minister.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, while emphasizing the importance of the role of the Islamic Republic in the region and the establishment of peace and stability in Afghanistan, supported the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan and stressed the need to help the Afghan people in the current situation. He stressed that winter and the lack of fuel and food worsen the situation in Afghanistan.
Imran Khan, considering the need to expand bilateral relations between the two countries, while reviewing different areas of cooperation between the two countries, emphasized cross-border cooperation, especially cross-border trade, and the formation of border markets.-PR