Iran's rail network will be linked to Pakistan in next Iranian calendar year (to start March 21, 2008), Iranian Minister of Roads and Transportation Mohammad Rahmati said.
In talks with Rahmati, visiting Pakistani Minister for Communications Muhammad Shamim Siddiqui noted that most of travellers entering Iran through Quetta, west central Pakistan, are pilgrims that along with their families visit holy city of Mashhad, north-eastern Iran. He called for building of a railway to directly connect Mashhad.
Rahmati said railway network would connect Iran to Pakistan via Iranian city of Zahedan. He expressed hope that building of railway will lead to boosting of trade relations between two neighbouring nations.
Iran's minister explained that building of a highway to link south-eastern Iranian city of Chabahar to Pakistan's south-western city of Gwadar is a prioritised project of the ministry.
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