Islamabad, April 18 (IANS) A cargo train that will cover a distance of 6,500 km from Islamabad through Tehran to Istanbul will be ‘running in less than a year’, an official said.<\/p>\n
The ambitious project got a final shape during the April 11-14 official visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to Turkish capital Ankara.<\/p>\n
Turkish Union of Chambers (TOBB) has said it will immediately start a company to run the project and the company will seek collaboration with Pakistan and Iran business groups to execute it, Associated Press of Pakistan reported.<\/p>\n
‘We are planning to get the train running in less than a year,’ TOBB president Rifat Hisarciklioglu was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n
The weekly trains are expected to make a one-way trip in 11 days between Istanbul and Islamabad.<\/p>\n
The report said the train will open up the European and Asian markets for Pakistan.<\/p>\n
President Asif Ali Zardari, during his visit, held discussions with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Grand National Assembly Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin.<\/p>\n
Pakistan and Turkey are keen to expand their bilateral trade volume from existing $1 billion to $2 billion by year 2012.<\/p>\n
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