{"id":6803,"date":"2025-08-03T09:02:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T09:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=6803"},"modified":"2025-08-03T09:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T09:02:56","slug":"dar-reaffirms-commitment-to-10-bln-trade-target-during-meeting-with-iranian-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/03\/dar-reaffirms-commitment-to-10-bln-trade-target-during-meeting-with-iranian-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Dar reaffirms commitment to $10 bln trade target during meeting with Iranian president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Sunday, August 3, 2025 : Pakistan\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, on Sunday met with the visiting Iranian President Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian and reaffirmed Islamabad\u2019s unwavering commitment to strengthening historic ties with Iran grounded in shared faith, cultural heritage, and mutual respect.<\/p>\n<p>Extending a warm welcome to President Pezeshkian, Senator Dar emphasized Pakistan\u2019s desire to enhance cooperation with Iran across political, economic, and strategic domains. He noted that the brotherly relationship between the two neighboring nations had always stood the test of time and must now evolve to meet modern challenges and opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>President Pezeshkian, in response, appreciated Pakistan\u2019s continuous support and reaffirmed Iran\u2019s readiness to bolster collaboration in multiple sectors of mutual interest. He expressed hope that his engagements with Pakistani leadership would lay the groundwork for stronger and more productive political and economic ties.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6805\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-03-at-11.21.03-AM-631x420-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-03-at-11.21.03-AM-631x420-1.jpg 631w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-03-at-11.21.03-AM-631x420-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-03-at-11.21.03-AM-631x420-1-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Speaking to the media following the meeting, Senator Dar reiterated Pakistan\u2019s solidarity with Iran, stating, \u201cWe stand by our brotherly country and will continue supporting Iran in trade, economic development, and all other areas of cooperation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He welcomed President Pezeshkian\u2019s endorsement of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s vision to raise the bilateral trade volume to USD 10 billion. \u201cIt is very heartwarming, and indeed the need of the hour, to expand economic activities through enhanced coordination,\u201d Dar added.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting underscored both nations\u2019 shared vision for a deeper economic partnership and reaffirmed their resolve to transform longstanding goodwill into tangible outcomes for their peoples.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6806\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-03-at-11.21.02-AM-1-696x615-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-03-at-11.21.02-AM-1-696x615-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-03-at-11.21.02-AM-1-696x615-1-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-03-at-11.21.02-AM-1-696x615-1-475x420.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-03-at-11.21.02-AM-1-696x615-1-150x133.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Sunday, August 3, 2025 : Pakistan\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, on Sunday met with the visiting Iranian President Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian and reaffirmed Islamabad\u2019s unwavering commitment to strengthening historic ties with Iran grounded in shared faith, cultural heritage, and mutual respect. Extending a warm welcome to President Pezeshkian, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,54,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diplomacy","category-middle-east","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}