Iran-Pakistan Electricity Exchange Reaches 200 MW

The volume of electricity exchange between Iran and Pakistan has reached 200 megawatts with the launch of a new transmission line, Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian made the statement at a meeting with Pakistan’s Power Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan on Sunday.
Referring to the design and implementation of the Iran-Pakistan electricity transmission line in less than a year, Mehrabian said, “The necessary tests have been done and the line is now operational,” the Iranian Energy Ministry’s news portal Paven reported.
Regarding bilateral economic relations, the minister said good cooperation has been established between the two countries and the volume of economic exchanges between Iran and Pakistan has reached $2 billion per year.