Responding to questions raised by Pakistani senators regarding Chabahar agreement on Monday, Sartaj Aziz said a memorandum of understanding (MoU) had already been inked for declaring Pakistan's Gwadar and Iran's Chabahar as sister ports.
The official said that Pakistan was trying to promote trade relations with Iran following the lifting of international sanctions.
'There is a suggestion to establish a railway link between Gwadar and Chabahar,' he added.
The top diplomat said that the region needed even more ports and there would be no threat to Gwadar Port from Chabahar Port.
Gwadar Port, he said, would be completed soon and it would progress rapidly if China shifted 10 per cent of its trade to it.
Sartaj said the deep water port of Gwadar had more importance than the Iranian Chabahar Port. It would progress by leaps and bounds when China would start its trade through it, he added.
As per reports, China is contemplating to shift 17 per cent oil imports to Gwadar.
The Advisor brushed aside the impression that work on the Gwadar Port was going slow. He said sufficient work on the port had been done during the last one year.
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