Iran ready to deepen cooperation with Pakistan across political, economic, trade, cultural and security fields
TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has commended Pakistan’s commitment to strengthening bilateral ties with Iran, stressing Tehran’s readiness to deepen cooperation across political, economic, trade, cultural and security fields.
President Pezeshkian made the remarks during a meeting with Pakistan’s Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi in Tehran on Tuesday evening, highlighting the deep historical, cultural and people-to-people bonds between the two neighbouring countries.
The Iranian President said the commitment of Pakistan’s leadership to strengthening solidarity and expanding relations with Iran was highly valuable to Tehran.
He emphasized the need to make better use of the existing capacities of both countries to raise the level of bilateral cooperation, saying Iran was prepared to expand relations in all areas of mutual interest.
President Pezeshkian also underlined the importance of Iran-Pakistan relations in the broader regional context and called for stronger interaction and greater utilization of available potential to expand economic, commercial, cultural and security cooperation.
He said closer bilateral ties could serve the mutual interests of both nations while also contributing to greater stability and security across the region.
For his part, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed satisfaction over his meeting with President Pezeshkian and said his visit to Tehran was aimed at following up on agreements and understandings reached during the recent visit of Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni to Pakistan.
Naqvi reaffirmed the longstanding and close relationship between Pakistan and Iran, stressing that the ties between the two countries were strong and unbreakable.
The Pakistani minister said Islamabad was determined to pursue the comprehensive development of relations with Tehran.
He also emphasized the importance of implementing existing agreements and understandings, describing his visit as part of Pakistan’s efforts to strengthen bilateral cooperation mechanisms and accelerate implementation of commitments reached by the two sides.
