Shiraz, IRNA – Pakistan’s ambassador to Iran said here on Saturday that his country is after broadening economic interactions with Iran up to an annual five billion dollars a year.
Ambassador Rahim Hayat Quraishi made the comment in a meeting with the governor-general of Fars province after referring to the two nations’ joint cultural, historical and literary backgrounds.
The people of Pakistan profoundly and affectionately love the Iranian people and grow up with the literary works of Hafez, Sa’adi, and Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh (Letter of the Kings).
He welcomed Fars province governor’s proposal for establishment of a committee to pursue bilateral ties, and proposed that introducing a connection between the Fars Governorate and Pakistan Embassy will facilitate that process.
The ambassador said that each year a large number of Pakistani citizens travel to India for liver surgery and keeping in mind the two countries’ status for acquiring visas for Pakistani citizens is problematic for them, which is why the patients in need of liver transplant can be hospitalized in Shiraz.
He said that Fars province can in this respect play an effective role in strengthening Iran-Pakistan relations.
Bright future for Fars Province-Pakistan relations predicted
The governor-general of Fars province, for his part, referred to the share of cultural, historical, religious, and literary backgrounds of the people of Iran and Pakistan, as well as the love that has taken shape accordingly between the two nations.
He argued that the conditions are such that a bright future for relations between Fars province and Pakistan is quite predictable.
Mohammad-Hadi Imaniyeh said that the world’s largest transplant center has been established in Fars province, adding that the Shiraz Liver Transplant Center, too, can both be the host of Pakistani patients and accepting your country’s medical students and medical interns.
He also proposed exchanging agricultural products and fruits between the province and Pakistan.
Source: Islamic Republic News Agency – IRNA
