Pak Sahafat – The Minister of Railways of Pakistan announced that the country will strengthen the railway infrastructure on the Quetta-Zahedan route in order to expand trade cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially in terms of exports.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, last December, the whistle of the ECO freight train, which connects the three main countries that are the founders of the Economic Cooperation Organization, namely Pakistan, Iran and Turkey, sounded in Islamabad after a 10-year gap. The resumption of this regional plan provided a new opportunity for the development of regional trade, especially for Iran’s eastern neighbor in order to increase bilateral cooperation with our country.
The movement of the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Mosom container train to the ITI Corridor rail line is interpreted as the effort of the founders of the Economic Cooperation Organization to remove obstacles in the way of joint trade and regional communication, but the continuation of this rail plan requires the provision of the necessary infrastructure, especially from the Pakistani side, which always emphasized by Iran.
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According to this report, the Minister of Railways of Pakistan announced that the country is trying to increase exports to Iran through the railway route and necessary measures will be taken to restore the railway infrastructure.
“Khwaja Saad Rafiq” said during the meeting of officials of this ministry in Lahore city: “The contract for the monthly export of 30 thousand tons of Pakistani rice to Iran by freight train will be finalized soon.”
He added: The role of developing the infrastructure of the Quetta-Zahedan railway line is also on the agenda, the main goal of which is to reduce the travel time of the container train between the two countries.
Supporting the strengthening of regional railway cooperation, especially the close interaction with the Islamic Republic of Iran to launch the Quetta-Zahedan passenger train, the representatives of the Senate of Pakistan unanimously approved a resolution proposed by the representative of the ruling party.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan said during the recent meeting of foreign ministers of the member countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization in Tashkent: The executive operation of the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul container train, the road corridor through Iran and the implementation of the international TIR transport agreement is a great progress that has been made in the field of ECO countries in the last one year.