Staff Reporter
Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Hosseini has said that all doors are open for the development of Tehran-Islamabad relations.
In an interview with a local news channel, Mohammad Ali Hosseini said that Tehran-Islamabad relations will never be affected by Iran’s relations with any other country, adding, “According to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, all doors are open for the development of Iran-Pakistan relations.”
“Iran considers the development and security of Pakistan as its development and security, and the country, as a neighbouring and Muslim one, is a priority in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic,” he further said.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has so far fulfilled its obligations to Pakistan in various contracts, including the electricity and gas supply joint agreements, and we wait for the Pakistani brothers to fulfill their obligations under joint cooperation projects,” the ambassador said.
He named swapping of goods, increasing border markets, clinching preferential trade agreements, and holding regular consultations as ways to promote trade between the two countries.
“Despite the problems, cooperation and partnership between the two neighbouring countries of Iran and Pakistan can be expanded,” Hosseini noted.
Answering a question about the level of security and border cooperation between Iran and Pakistan to deal with non-governmental actors, terrorist groups, and separatist elements on the borders of the two countries and ways to take reassuring measures to address the problems, he explained that Pakistan’s security and territorial integrity are important to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Iran has paid a high price for countering terrorist groups and securing the region.
He continued that the two countries have a high level of security cooperation and the exchange of military and security delegations is well underway.
