Top leaders of Pakistan and Iran inaugurate first border market as relations warm between the two countries
The meeting comes after Iran and Saudi Arabia, long-time rivals, restored ties earlier this year in a Chinese-brokered agreement. / Photo: AP
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated on Thursday an electricity transmission line, which will provide some of Pakistan’s remote regions with Iranian electricity. In a televised meeting, Sharif, sitting next to Raisi, assured him Pakistan would do its best to improve security along the Iranian border. He added that both sides agreed to enhance trade and economic ties, and extended an invitation to Raisi to visit the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
Small separatist groups have been behind a long-running insurgency calling for Baluchistan’s independence from the central government in Islamabad.
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