ISLAMABAD: Iran has shown interest in importing meat and livestock products from Pakistan as it has huge potential in this particular sector.
Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Honardoost, during a meeting with National Food Security and Research Minister Sahibzada Mehboob Sultan, said that Iran had a huge demand for these products, adding it was importing the said items from Latin America and Brazil, which was quite costly.
“Iran is aware of Pakistan’s potential in the field and is more eager to import such products from Pakistan,” he said.
Honardoost said that Iran was keen to talk on every forum at their side to benefit from Pakistani meat products.
During the meeting, matters related to promoting bilateral relations through trade, especially in the field of agriculture, were discussed. Both the dignitaries were of the view that Pakistan and Iran share a geographical border that provides an opportunity to facilitate trade in agricultural products.
They agreed that there were certain issues in the trade of agricultural commodities between the two sides.
On the occasion, the federal minister said that both the countries shared a long border and there was a need to exploit that potential.
He told the Iranian ambassador that Pakistan had a state-of-the-art meat processing plant in Karachi and it had the potential to meet the demand of Iran.
The federal minister invited the Iranian team to visit the remarkable meat facility in Karachi.
It was also proposed in the meeting that through a mutual venture, an abattoir could be started at Taftan border for ready and fresh meat through Pakistan.
