2020-12-28 14:36:00 GMT2020-12-28 22:36:00(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday kicked off high level talks here to revise a transit trade agreement over the possibility of a preferential trade agreement and a plan to establish border markets to facilitate bilateral trade, officials and diplomats said.
Afghanistan Minister of Industry and Commerce Nisar Ahmad Ghoryani is leading the Afghan delegation while Pakistan is represented by Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood.
Pakistan and landlocked Afghanistan had signed a transit trade agreement in 1965 that was revised in 2010. Pakistan had been providing a transit facility to Afghanistan under the agreement.
Pakistan, Afghanistan in talks to promote trade
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