Pakistan, Afghanistan agree not to use territories against each others

Pakistan and Afghanistan Friday agreed not to allow their territories for use against each others' interests.

In a joint statement issued at the end of a 2-day visit to Islamabad by Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul, both countries reaffirmed their commitment to enhance cooperation and coordination bilaterally as well as within the framework of regional and international agreements to counter terrorism.

They emphasized the need to strengthen further economic and commercial ties and to facilitate trade and transit, with a view to realizing the full potential of the two countries, the statement said.

They agreed to take all possible steps to increase the current volume of bilateral trade (currently 1.5 billion U.S. dollars) to 5 billion dollars by 2015 as agreed during President Karzai's visit to Pakistan on March 10-11 2010.


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