“At the time of the start of the government, bilateral relations with Iran may not have been satisfactory, but today I can say that there are excellent relations between the two countries,” he added.

“We have a good understanding with Iran to develop relations,” he noted.

Referring to anti-Iranian sanctions and their consequences in the development of trade between the two countries, Imran Khan said that unfortunately, Iran faces sanctions that have hindered the development of Pakistan’s trade cooperation with that country.

Speaking at the International Conference on Peace and Development in South Asia and the Middle East in Islamabad in October last year, the Prime Minister of Pakistan said that Pakistan could benefit from Iran’s economic potential if anti-Iranian sanctions are lifted and relations between Tehran and Washington improve.

Expressing hope for the resumption of talks between Iran and the West, he stressed that if the sanctions are lifted, Iran has the potential to become a real economic power in the region.

Mr. Khan said this while responding to a question about any possibility of a dialogue with New Delhi during his interactions with the representatives of the digital media in Islamabad.

“No talks possible with India until they restore the autonomous status” of Jammu and Kashmir, he said “We don’t have adversarial relations with any country except India which is trying to destabilize Pakistan,” he said.

Ties between India and Pakistan nosedived after a terror attack on the Pathankot Air Force base in 2016 by terror groups based in Pakistan. Subsequent attacks, including one on an Indian Army camp in Uri, further deteriorated the relationship.

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TEHRAN – Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade believes the national security depends on economic power and announced the readiness of the ministry for arrival of the big and capable companies into the social responsibilities.

Addressing the 5th International Conference of Industrial Management on Monday, Alireza Razm Hosseini pointed to the root culture of development, saying that type of approach of officials and executives in the country regarding the issue of development is effective in the all-out growth of the country.

He emphasized the attention to the update indicators of the world in the field of development, stipulating that the approach of officials and executives for reaching development, progress and development should be drastically changed, noting that the emphasis of the Holy Islam in the very field of development underscores this point.

Razm Hossein said that national security depends on economic power, adding that economic power depends on the inflation rate, growth of per capita production, and fair distribution of wealth among the people, adding that that fair distribution of wealth in fact indicates equal opportunities for generating the wealth and job.

He also said indicators of life expectancy, amount of cultural production, social security, providing infrastructures, communications and communication networks, and food security are of the other parameters for attaining economic power.

The minister also said that economic power will lead to protection of social and human assets, elites, public satisfaction and playing more roles in the region and the world.

Razm Hosseini added that the country has provided good infrastructures and to this end, the country should make the most of its human and social assets, and economic growth should be dynamic and to this end, the approaches should be changed.

He also urged the organizers of the conference to put on its agenda for its next session the Supreme Leader’s Statement on the Second Step of the Revolution.

The minister noted that the company is to take advantage of capacities and capabilities of 200 famous and successful companies for balanced development in the county and it is on the agenda.

Razm Hosseini reiterated that people’s livelihood is the priority of his ministry and it works for abundant distribution of goods in the market.

He said in recent months in the production sector, the country has witnessed growth in production of some commodities like home appliances and vehicles.

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