Pak to resume Afghan exports through Wagah border

ANI
13 Jul 2020, 20:03 GMT+10

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): Pakistan on Monday said it has decided to resume Afghan exports through Wagah border crossing from July 15 under Pakistan-Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA).

"At the special request of Government of Afghanistan and with a view to facilitating Afghanistan's transit trade, Pakistan has decided to resume Afghan exports through Wagah border crossing from 15 July, after implementing COVID-19 related protocols," Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan said in a statement.

Pakistan claimed that with this step it has "fulfilled its commitments under Pakistan-Afghan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA). "Pakistan has restored bilateral trade at all border crossing terminals to pre-COVID-19 status."In May, Indian Embassy in Afghanistan tweeted informing that the second consignment of wheat out of the total 75,000 MT from India to Afghanistan has set sail from Kandla Port.

"435 containers carrying the second consignment of 10,024 MT of wheat out of the total gift of 75,000 MT from India to Afghanistan set sail from Kandla Port to Chabahar Port today," Indian Embassy had said in a tweet.

"This humanitarian gesture of the people of India to our Afghan brethren will ensure food security during these difficult times of COVID-19 Pandemic. The remaining consignments will follow in the weeks ahead," it had added. (ANI)

Watch latest videos

News RELEASES

Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to New Jersey Telegraph.

More Information

0 ℉

null in Mount Holly

Travel and Tourism

Section

Twenty-six airlines now operating at Dublin Airport

DUBLIN, Ireland - Good news for the tourism industry in Ireland. A total of twenty-six airlines have now resumed operations ...

Tibet's Lithang Horse Race Festival Opens to Small Crowds

A popular Tibetan horse race festival held in July in Lithang in western China's Sichuan province opened this year to ...

PM Modi arrives in Ayodhya for Ram Temple 'bhoomi pujan'

Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Ayodhya from Lucknow for Ram Temple 'bhoomi ...

Tourism Ministry reveals list of fund beneficiaries

Minister of Tourism Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane on Tuesday made public a list of small, medium and micro enterprises which benefited through ...

Talk of Banning TikTok Sparks Calls For A More Open Internet in China

Ongoing negotiations between Microsoft and Beijing-based software company ByteDance over the possible acquisition of the Chinese-owned video platform TikTok have ...

Aaditya Thackeray visits areas affected due to rain in Mumbai

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Maharashtra Tourism and Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Iqbal ...

International

Section