IRNA -- Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran and Pakistan are prudent enough to lead the change for a stronger neighborhood. Speaking as a chief guest on 70 Years of Pakistan-Iran Relations and Future Prospects at Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad on Monday, he said Iran and Pakistan have to further expand and strengthen ...

Three-nation deal to develop Irans Chabahar Port poses little threat to China-Pakistan Gwadar Port project, say analysts The recent signing of a multibillion-dollar deal between Tehran, New Delhi and Kabul to develop Irans southern Chabahar Port should not be seen as a threat to the China-Pakistan Gwadar Port project, analysts say. Late last month,...

China has signed a deal with Pakistan to construct a pipeline to take Irans gas at border and take it across the country to the southern port of Gwadar. The value of the deal that has been signed during the visit by the Chinese President Xi Jinping to Islamabad is $2 billion. It has now officially paved the grounds for the resumption of exports ...

[caption id="attachment_25410" align="alignright" width="300"] Developing Iranian port will help India counter neighbours[/caption] Ahead of external affairs minister Salman Khurshids visit to Iran from May 3-5, the Union cabinet is likely to approve an assistance plan of $100 million (aboutRs.539 crore) to develop the port. The cabinet approval is ...

ISLAMABAD: In a major move to boost bilateral cooperation, Iran has agreed to set up a $4 billion oil refinery in Gwadar with an estimated capacity of about 400,000 barrels per day. Prime Ministers Adviser on Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain told Dawn on Wednesday that an understanding to this effect had been reached during a meeting ...

QUETTA:A top foreign policy aide of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that his country is not trying to sabotage the Gwadar deep-sea port which is portrayed by Western analysts as a rival to Irans Chabahar port. One of the two ports Chahbahar and Gwadar will likely become an important link for landlocked Central Asian states ...