KARACHI: Iranian Consul General Reza Nazeri has stressed the need forstrengthening trade ties between two neighboring countries, saying Iran isready for barter trade and it will export petrochemical, steel and LPG toPakistan while importing rice, meat and other agriculture products fromPakistan.
While addressing the second meeting of the FPCCI Pak-Iran Business Councilheld here at its regional office, the Iranian Consul General said thatIranian Consulate of Lahore is ready to facilitate Pakistan’s privatesector to promote bilateral trade and investment.
Zahid Iqbal Ch. Vice President FPCCI, Dr. Mohammad Reza Karbasi, DirectorGeneral of ICCIA & ICCIMA, Ali Asghar, Commercial Counselor, Najam-ul-Hassan, Chairman FPCCI Pak-Iran Business Council and Syed Ali Raza Rizvi,Senior Vice Chairman FPCCI Pak-Iran Business also spoke on the occasion.
We are trying the restore air link between Tehran and Lahore as early aspossible which was suspended due to Covid-19, also affecting tourism sectorof Iran, he added. He lamented that the volume of two-way trade betweenPakistan and Iran is negligible, as the mutual trade of two countries doesnot match their respective potentials.
Reza Nazeri observed that Pakistan and Iran have the potential to cater toeach other’s needs provided the businessmen have the exposure to theavailable opportunities.
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The business community in the two countries would have to increaseinteraction to share their experiences in the larger interests of thepeople of two brotherly nations, he added.
He said the chambers of commerce in the two countries would have to focuson expansion of trade by holding single-country exhibitions and throughtrade delegations to each other’s country. Dissemination of sector-specificand trade-related information would go a long way in achieving the goal.
