{"id":6808,"date":"2025-08-02T09:24:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=6808"},"modified":"2025-08-02T09:24:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:24:53","slug":"pakistan-iran-vow-to-deepen-defence-ties-boost-regional-stability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/02\/pakistan-iran-vow-to-deepen-defence-ties-boost-regional-stability\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, Iran vow to deepen defence ties, boost regional stability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Saturday, August 2, 2025 : Pakistan and Iran on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral defence ties and promoting peace and stability in the region in a significant step toward enhancing regional cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The pledge came during a high-level meeting between Iran\u2019s Minister for Defence, Brigadier General Aziz Nasir-Zadeh, and Pakistan\u2019s Minister for Defence, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, held here.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides discussed a wide range of issues of mutual interest, including regional security dynamics, counter-terrorism cooperation, and prospects for expanding defence collaboration.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Minister Khawaja Asif underscored the importance of sustained defence diplomacy in tackling shared security challenges and praised Iran\u2019s constructive engagement with Pakistan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Brig. Gen. Nasir-Zadeh, while thanking the Government of Pakistan for the warm reception, emphasized Iran\u2019s readiness to deepen defence relations based on mutual respect, trust, and a common vision for regional peace.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting concluded on a positive note, with both ministers expressing optimism about the future trajectory of Pakistan-Iran defence cooperation and pledging to continue joint efforts for regional security and prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Saturday, August 2, 2025 : Pakistan and Iran on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral defence ties and promoting peace and stability in the region in a significant step toward enhancing regional cooperation. The pledge came during a high-level meeting between Iran\u2019s Minister for Defence, Brigadier General Aziz Nasir-Zadeh, and Pakistan\u2019s Minister for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-middle-east","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}