TEHRAN, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Iran and Pakistan on Wednesday opened the third cross-border point to enhance trade exchanges, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The Pishin-Mand border crossing, located on the border of Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan with Pakistan, was opened for trade exchanges, the report said.
Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami and Pakistan's Minister for Defense Production Zubaida Jalal Khan attended the opening ceremony, according to the report.
Eslami said that basic steps have been taken over the past years in developing relations with Pakistan, including the opening of cross-border points.
"From now on, cross-border exchanges and trade with Pakistan will totally change," he was quoted as saying.
Iranian and Pakistani officials inaugurated the Rimdan-Gabad border crossing in December last year, providing the shortest land route linking the Pakistani port of Gwadar to westward corridors.
Analysts said that the crossings will boost the import and export of goods between both countries, as well as the passage of Pakistani travelers towards Iran.
