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Top Leaders of Pakistan, Iran Inaugurate Border Market in Their First Meeting in 10 Years

In this photo released by Pakistan Prime Minister's Office, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, right, shakes hand with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi during an inauguration of the Mand-Pishin border in Pishin, border of Pakistan-Iran, Thursday, May 18, 2023. (Pakistan Prime Minister Office via AP)
In this photo released by Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, right, shakes hand with Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi during an inauguration of the Mand-Pishin border in Pishin, border of Pakistan-Iran, Thursday, May 18, 2023. (Pakistan Prime Minister Office via AP)

The top leaders of Pakistan and Iran on Thursday inaugurated the first border market as relations warm between the two countries, officials said.

Located in the remote village of Pashin in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, the marketplace is the first of six to be constructed along the Pakistan-Iran border under a 2012 agreement signed by the two sides.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi also inaugurated an electricity transmission line, which will provide some of Pakistan’s remote regions with Iranian electricity.

In a televised meeting, Sharif, sitting next to Raisi, assured him Pakistan would do its best to improve security along the Iranian border. He added that both sides agreed to enhance trade and economic ties, and extended an invitation to Raisi to visit the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.

Iran-Pakistani relations have been contentious because of cross-border attacks by Pakistani militants along their shared border.

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