Pakistan: Pakistan urges operationalisation of Afghan transit trade corridors

ISLAMABAD, 28 November 2021, (TON): Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged operationalisation of the transit corridors through Afghanistan for the transit trade of all Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) members, especially its five landlocked states.

The minister made these remarks while addressing the 25th Council of Ministers Meeting of the ECO in the Ashgabat capital of Turkmenistan.

Qureshi termed the opening of the several ECO transport corridors as the most vital objective.

He said "I would like to welcome the operationalisation of the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad (ITI) road corridor."

He added “in addition to Taftan, Pakistan has notified Gabd-Reemdan border Crossing Point as a TIR [International Road Transport] station.”

The foreign minister termed restoration of peace and stability in Afghanistan vital for the purpose. "We must all provide humanitarian and economic assistance to Afghanistan and its people to prevent massive human sufferings and economic collapse."

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