He said this while talking to business community representatives at Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday. According to a statement issued here the envoy invited the business community to an exhibition to be held on Jan 27, 28 in Iran.
The envoy said that Iran was giving importance to the bilateral trade with Pakistan and for the purpose both the states would have to play due role in promotion of regional trade.
Referring to the demands of SCCI representatives, the envoy agreed to promote trade volume with Pakistan. He said besides the states the business community of both the countries would also have to make their efforts for the purpose.
Earlier, SCCI President Faiz Mohammad Faizi invited the Iranian business community to invest in the hydel power generation, oil and gas, jewellery, marble, medicines, match, ghee and oil, petrochemical and other different sectors.
The chamber's Vice President Haris Mofti, Ziaul Haq Sarhadi, Ghazanfar Sawal, Jawad Kazmi, and Deputy Consul General of Iranian Consulate Syed Ibrahim were also present on the occasion.
He stressed the need for removal of the obstacles in the bilateral trade and asked for increase in its volume.Faizi suggested that the people of both the countries should come closer through delegations of business community and other segments of the society.
He also asked for arrangement of trade fairs in different cities of these states and said that banking system of both the countries needed to be made easy to facilitate the investors.