TEHRAN- Pakistani Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan in a meeting with the Iranian Ambassador to Islamabad Mehdi Honardoost underlined his country’s readiness to remove the obstacles on the way of boosting mutual banking rations and enhancing trade ties, IRNA reported on Tuesday.

During this meeting, held in the Pakistani capital, Dastgir Khan promised that the Pakistani government will seek immediate removal of barriers to tighten banking relations and to reach the pre-planned $5-billion bilateral trade volume. 
The two sides also conferred on mutual Free Trade Agreement (FTA), and Honardoost, for his part, said that the Islamic Republic awaits Pakistan’s final answer to finalize the FTA with this country. 
The senior officials additionally addressed the issue of the incoming 20th meeting of Iran-Pakistan Joint Economic Committee, which is going to be held in Tehran, and discussed the necessary preparations for that meeting. 

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