ISLAMABAD: Iranian Interior Ministry’s Department for Border Affairs Director General Majid Aqa Babaei has announced that two official border points will be added to Iran-Pakistan joint border lines.

According to the IRNA, Mirjaveh had already been the official border entry between the two countries, Babaei said, noting that Rimadan and Pishin would be also used as exit and entry points between the two nations.

Before Rimadan in Chabahar and Pishin in Saravan, the Mirjaveh border point had been the main border crossing point on the Iran-Pakistan 928km border, the official said.About the trade exchange between Tehran and Islamabad, he said the figure had been around one billion dollars per year that was aimed to be increased fivefold. To achieve that end, the new border points would play an effective role, he added.