Tehran Favors Further Expansion of Economic Cooperation with Islamabad http://english.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=9002150527

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in a meeting with Pakistani Senate Chairman Farooq H Naik on Thursday stressed Tehran's willingness to further boost its trade relations and economic cooperation with Islamabad. In the meeting in the Iranian capital of Tehran, the Iranian minister said Tehran and Islamabad have the potential to promote economic cooperation. He added that Iran made great achievements in various industrial and scientific fields during recent years and expressed the country's readiness to transfer electricity to Pakistan. 

The top Iranian diplomat said the two countries can establish a joint security commission. Salehi also offered Pakistan to join the Ashgabat five-party agreement, which establishes a Central Asia-Persian Gulf transit corridor. On April 25, foreign ministers of Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Qatar and Oman signed an agreement on transportation and the transit of goods via railway, sea and land. The deal establishes a transit corridor which connects the Persian Gulf and Central Asia and facilitates the transit of goods between regional countries.