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February 16th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Salehi arrived in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Thursday ahead of a two-day tripartite summit due to open on Friday in the presence of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Afghan and Pakistani counterparts Hamid Karzai and Asif Ali Zardari.
The meeting of the three presidents would play a key role in promoting peace, stability, security and prosperity between the regional nations, the Iranian minister said upon his arrival in Islamabad.
He added that issues pertaining to regional developments, particularly security and stability, and ways to expand economic relations are top on the agenda of the summit.
Salehi highlighted the significance of restoring peace and stability in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the US and NATO forces from the war-torn country in 2014, saying Tehran, Islamabad and Kabul are holding constant consultations to take proper steps in this regard.
He further pointed to the growing economic cooperation between Iran and Pakistan during recent months and expressed hope the two sides would implement joint projects, including transfer of gas and electricity, border markets and transportation soon.
The gas pipeline project between Iran and Pakistan is meant to deliver a daily amount of 21.5 million cubic meters (8.7 billion cubic meters per year) of Iranian natural gas to Pakistan.
The maximum daily gas transfer capacity of the 56-inch pipeline, which runs over 900 km on Iran’s soil from Asalouyeh in Bushehr Province to the city of Iranshahr in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, is said to stand at 110 million cubic meters.
Iran and Pakistan have agreed to expand their bilateral trade volume to over five billion dollars.
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