Pakistan agrees to enhance trade, economic ties with Iran

Cairo: Pakistan and Iran have agreed to enhance trade and economic cooperation and increase peo-ple-to-people contacts.
It was agreed during a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar with Iranian Foreign Minis-ter Seyyed Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of D-8 Council of Foreign Ministers in Egypt on Wednesday.
They expressed satisfaction at the trajectory of bilateral relations between the two countries marked by increased high-level exchanges in political and economic fields. The two sides also exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East.
Ishaq Dar reaffirmed Pakistan’s principled position on Palestine and expressed solidarity with the Pal-estinian people. –Agencies