INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Monday said that Iran's ready to meet Pakistan's oil, gas and electricity demands, adding that
cooperation between Chabahar port and Gwadar port can be increased.During Prime Minister Imran Khan visit to Tehran, Rouhani said: "Iran is
ready to meet Pakistan´s oil and gas demands (and) we are ready to increase electricity exports to Pakistan ten-fold," he added.He said
cooperation between Chabahar port in southeast Iran and Pakistan´s Gwadar port can be increased, and that Tehran could facilitate the
construction of a railroad associateing Istanbul to Islamabad.He said import and export balance could be endegreed as both the sides had
agreed to set up a Barter Committee to exchange goods, adding that Iran was determined to strengthen bilateral ties with Pakistan and no
third country could harm their brotherly relations.For his part, PM Imran Khan said his visit to Tehran aimed to "find ways to increase
trade and cooperation in energy and other areas."During the joint press conference, PM said: "Pakistan is after finding a mechanism to
enhance economic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, specially in the oil and gas sector.""Pakistan is after long-term relations
with Iran and we should use the abundant potentials existing in the region to this end," he added.Imran Khan also met with Iran´s Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who called for the "strengthening of relations in spite of the shall of enemies."Khamenei blamed those
unnamed "enemies" for the attacks on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border, which the supreme leader said were meaned to "contaminate"
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