Heading a high-ranking military delegation, Pakistan's Chief
of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has traveled to Tehran at the
invitation of Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad
Bagheri.
During a meeting on Monday, the two sides exchanged views on
various bilateral and regional issues.
The two army chiefs stressed the need for expansion of
defense and security relations aimed at resolving common issues, particularly
in identifying and combating factors that cause the spread of terrorist
activities along Iran and Pakistan’s shared borders.
The two sides also called for development of defense and
security cooperation in feilds related to industry, research and education.
Making optimal use of existing capacities in various
international and regional communities, using the two countries’ defense and
political potentials to help settle regional conflicts, and joint cooperation
between the two sides free of foreign intervention were also among the topics
of discussion in the Monday meeting.
