Senior MP:

Iran-Pakistan Cooperation to Ensure Regional Peace

TEHRAN (defapress)- A senior Pakistani lawmaker hailed the friendly relations between Tehran and Islamabad, and said such cooperation will surely help stability and peace in the Middle East.

News ID: 67929

Date: 05 January 2018 - 19:55

Member of Pakistani Parliament and former Chief Minister of eastern Punjab Province Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi made the remarks in a meeting with Consul General of Iran in Lahore Majeed Sadeqi Dolatabadi on Friday.

Both sides agreed that a unanimous stance by Muslims on Palestine and Al-Quds is a need of the hour.

The two sides discussed in detail the situation of Palestine and Iran-Pakistan ties, and stressed the need for forging unity in the Islamic World to encounter conspiracies against Islam.

Iranian and Pakistani officials in a meeting in Karachi in December  underlined the need for broadening mutual cooperation between the two countries.

During the meeting in Karachi, Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoust and Governor of Southern Sindh Province Muhammad Zubair explored avenues for bolstering and reinvigorating bilateral relations in trade and economic fields.

"People of Pakistan and Iran are closely linked to each other through centuries old relationship based on common religious beliefs and cultural norms," Zubair said during the meeting.

"Karachi is the economic hub of Pakistan and restoration of peace has revived the potential it holds as a major port city in the region," he added.

Zubair invited Iranian investors to take advantage of the economic opportunities in the province that will serve both the sides.

Honardoust, for his part, said Iran will continue its support for the development of Sindh province.