Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Honardoost invited Pakistanis to invest in Chabahar port projects saying that Pakistan is part of their heart. He was talking to the media during his visit to press club Karachi.
Inviting the Pakistani investors, the Iranian envoy said that there are big and small projects, which can be exploited by the local business community. He said that Pakistan has a great labour resource while Iran owns capital; therefore, both nations could realise their potentials into a trade and business cooperation.
He also said that completion of the Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline project by Islamabad, opening of bank branches in the two countries and singing of Free Trade Agreements would increase bilateral trade between both nations. To a question, he said that the CPEC project is an opportunity for Iran and other regional nations to become its part to augment trade and business.
“This region has suffered from lot of troubles over the past decades and the CPEC has potential to bring Iran, China, India, Afghanistan and Pakistan closer,” he said, adding that more regional cooperation among the nations would scale down their political tensions. He said that Iran sees the CPEC not more than a trade and business opportunity for all the neighbouring and regional nations. Similarly, he assured that the Chabahar port projects would serve the region with trade and economic growth.
He said that there are channels including trade, business and culture, which can intensify Pakistan and Iran ties.
