Direct shipping links established between Iran and Pakistan

Iraj Hasanpur, the head of the Organisation for Trade Development in the provinces of Sistan and Baluchestan, announced today in an interview with ISNA news agency that shipping links between the Iranian port of Chabahar and the Pakistani port of Gwadar will boost export development, Iran News reports. Iraj Hasanpur also noted that Iran and Pakistan had formed a joint intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation.