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MUSHARRAF SAYS ECO TO APPROVE PROPOSALS FOR EXPANSION OF TRADE
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 9 (KUNA) -- CHIEF EXECUTIVE GENERAL PERVEZ MUSHARRAF ON
FRIDAY SAID THAT THE 10-NATION REGIONAL SUMMIT OF THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ORGANIZATION (ECO) THAT GETS OFF IN TEHRAN SATURDAY WILL APPROVE PROPOSALS FOR
EXPANSION OF TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS IN THE REGION.
MUSHARRAF WAS TALKING TO A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FOR
TEHRAN, WHERE HE WILL LEAD THE PAKISTANI DELEGATION TO THE SUMMIT.
HE SAID PROPOSALS TO FACILITATE TRANSIT TRADE AND TRADE COOPERATION WERE
MADE IN TWO FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS FINALIZED BY A MINISTERIAL MEETING OF ECO.
GENERAL MUSHARRAF SAID THAT DURING HIS STAY IN THE IRANIAN CAPITAL, HE
WOULD ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF BILATERAL INTEREST,
REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS WITH THE LEADER OF THE SUMMIT.
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ALSO SAID THAT FROM TEHRAN, HE WOULD GO TO OMAN FOR A
TWO-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT "TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE EXISTING BROTHERLY RELATIONS
WITH OMAN."
HE SAID BESIDES DISCUSSIONS ON BILATERAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
WITH OMANI OFFICIALS DURING HIS VISIT, A MARITIME BOUNDARIES AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE TWO COUNTRIES WOULD BE FINALIZED. (END)
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