Islamabad stresses lasting cooperation with Tehran to promote regional peace
Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Sunday that Islamabad seeks lasting cooperation with Tehran to promote peace and stability in the region.
“The relations between Iran and Pakistan are very stable, and we are seeking lasting cooperation with the Islamic Republic to stabilize peace in the region,” Asif told reporters after a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh in Islamabad.
“We have progressive vision to the expansion of military cooperation with Iran as well as commercial and economic exchanges,” the Pakistani defense minister said.
Asif said that Iran and Pakistan should encourage other regional countries to join the cooperation to establish peace in the region.
“Stability in the region is inevitable for the development and prosperity of both nations — Iran and Pakistan — as well as for the other people of this region.”
The Iranian defense minister, for his part, said there are opportunities for collaboration in various areas, including cultural, historical, and religious ones, as well as the shared threats facing both countries.
Nasirzadeh added that they also discussed developing defense cooperation and establishing security at the borders, noting that, “We are confident that good things will happen in this regard.”
According to Pakistan’s Defense Ministry, during their meeting, both sides discussed issues of mutual interest, including regional security, counterterrorism efforts, and ways to step up defense cooperation between the two neighboring countries.
Nasirzadeh was accompanying Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during a two-day visit to Pakistan.