Iran-Pakistan Electricity Exchange Volume to Increase by about 200MW: Minister
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The volume of electricity exchange between Iran and Pakistan will surge by about 200 megawatt.
Iranian Minister of Energy Ali Akbar Mehrabian in his meeting with visiting Pakistani Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan in Tehran on Sunday said that the volume of electricity exchange between the two countries will rise by about 200 megawatts within the framework of a new agreement.
Turning to the cultural commonalities between the two countries, Mehrabian said that, in addition to the common civilizational and religious capacities, Iran and Pakistan have enjoyed longstanding cultural roots including the Persian language and distinguished poets such as Iqbal Lahouri.
Referring to the special emphasis of the Iranian administration on deepening and developing Iran’s relations with its neighbors, he said Iran and Pakistan have established good economic cooperation.
Iran’s energy minister put the value of the annual economic exchanges between Iran and Pakistan at $2 billion.
The Pakistani energy minister, for his part, emphasized the need for developing and deepending relations between the two countries and added, “It is hoped that the two countries would witness the expansion of electricity exchanges in the future.”
The amicable relations between Iran and Pakistan are beyond the regional and international events and the two countries share strong cultural, historical and geographical commonalities, Khurram Dastgir Khan stated.
