Iran to open trade centers in Pakistan within months

 Iran is scheduled to open trade centers in Pakistan within the next few months, according to an official with Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO).

Hadi Talebian Moghaddam, the director of TPO department for South Asian Affairs, told reporters on Monday that Iran plans to promote the level of trade with Pakistan.

Noting that the current level of trade between Iran and Pakistan does not go beyond $2.5 billion, the official said that the two countries seek to increase bilateral trade to $5 billion by exercising barter trade and free trade.  

He also referred to an exhibition of Iran’s potentials for exports to Pakistan and said that the exhibition can further activate the border markets and trade centers to give a boost to trade exchanges.

The event opened in Chabahar, southeastern Iran, on November 17 and will be closed today.