Iranian Official Announces Agreement With Taliban To Set Up New Border Crossing

Mohammad Karami, the governor of Sistan and Baluchestan province, announced that an agreement had been reached during a meeting with Taliban officials to set up a new border crossing in the Gamshad area.

The Iranian official had travelled to Kabul at the invitation of Nooruddin Azizi, the Taliban's Minister of Industry and Commerce.

Mohammad Karami has said that trade between the Islamic Republic and the Taliban will be significantly strengthened in the near future.

The governor of Sistan and Baluchestan told IRNA news agency on Sunday, October 6, about his visit to Kabul, "During this visit, agreements were reached for joint investments as well as the reopening of the second border in the Gamshad region of Sistan."

The Taliban's Ministry of Industry and Commerce also announced on Sunday that Nooruddin Azizi met with Mohammad Karami, the governor of Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province, and Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran's ambassador to Kabul, to discuss "the implementation of the promises of Abdul Ghani Baradar's visit to Tehran”.

The ministry's statement said that the two sides discussed the Chabahar port and that a technical committee consisting of officials from both sides has been appointed to further discuss and implement the agreements.

In addition, the Taliban's Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation also announced that Hamidullah Akhundzada, the acting minister of this ministry, in a meeting with Mohammad Karami, the governor of Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran, discussed "the development of transportation, transit relations and increasing the transfer of goods through Chabahar port”.