Masoud Khansari president of Tehran Chamber of Commerce and Industry suggested that business communities will have to sit together and make collective efforts with a view to further promoting trade and investment cooperation between the two neighboring countries.
He stressed the need for enhancing interaction between the business communities of Iran and Pakistan in various sectors of the economy through the regular exchange of trade delegations and organising exhibitions to promote bilateral trade relations.
“Tehran Chamber and Karachi Chamber will have to seriously focus on connecting various Iranian and Pakistani companies with each other, besides holding regular interaction to discuss and explore trade and investment-related opportunities in Iran and Pakistan.” Masoud Khansari
“Iran’s trade volume with Iraq stood at $13 billion and at around $10 billion with the UAE, followed by substantial trade with Turkey and others. We look forward to seeing Pakistan at the same level in terms of trade volume which Iran has been enjoying with Iraq, the UAE, etc.”
Khansari said, “There are a lot of similarities and a huge potential to improve trade and investment ties, hence the two chambers must make collective efforts. In this regard, information about capable companies having good reputation must be shared to facilitate trade while equal attention must also be paid to follow-ups on numerous deals.”
He requested Karachi Chamber to send a high-level trade delegation to Iran after Ramazan in order to explore new avenues of trade and investment cooperation and discuss ways and means as to how numerous trade barriers and obstacles could be dealt with effectively.
