Pakistani Official: Pakistan's Warm Relations with Iran Deflates Foreign Pressures
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TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Pakistani official said both his country's government and army are in consensus over the necessity of broadening and consolidating ties with Iran, adding that close relations with Iran help Islamabad escape foreign pressures.
"Warm relations between the two countries is needed for reducing foreign pressures," Pakistan's Deputy Education Minister Athar Hussein Khan told FNA on Saturday.
The Pakistani official noted that his country's army and political parties, including the ruling People's Party, have reached the conclusion that the relations with Iran should be seriously pursued.
He also pointed out that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's recent meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei took place as a result of Pakistan's domestic diplomacy.
On Thursday, President Zardari wrapped up a two-day visit to Tehran during which he discussed bilateral ties and regional developments with Iranian officials.
During his stay in Tehran, Zardari met with the Iranian Supreme Leader and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
At the meetings, he discussed latest international, regional and bilateral developments in his meetings with senior Iranian officials.
During his meeting with President Ahmadinejad on Wednesday, the two presidents explored avenues for the further expansion of bilateral relations between Tehran and Islamabad.
President Ahmadinejad pointed to the enemies' efforts to prevent enhancement of ties between Iran and Pakistan, and said, "Iran and Pakistan have and will stand beside each other with a strategic outlook."
The Pakistani president, for his part, stressed expansion of brotherly ties between the two countries, and said, " The two countries have mutual trust and consolidated relations today despite the will of all those who intend to ruin Tehran-Islamabad relations and impede our path of cooperation."
Also later on Wednesday, he held a meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei during which the Iranian Leader noted the brotherly bonds between Iran and Pakistan, and said, "We seriously believe that the two countries' economic, infrastructural, political, social and security ties should be reinvigorated."
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"Warm relations between the two countries is needed for reducing foreign pressures," Pakistan's Deputy Education Minister Athar Hussein Khan told FNA on Saturday.
The Pakistani official noted that his country's army and political parties, including the ruling People's Party, have reached the conclusion that the relations with Iran should be seriously pursued.
He also pointed out that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's recent meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei took place as a result of Pakistan's domestic diplomacy.
On Thursday, President Zardari wrapped up a two-day visit to Tehran during which he discussed bilateral ties and regional developments with Iranian officials.
During his stay in Tehran, Zardari met with the Iranian Supreme Leader and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
At the meetings, he discussed latest international, regional and bilateral developments in his meetings with senior Iranian officials.
During his meeting with President Ahmadinejad on Wednesday, the two presidents explored avenues for the further expansion of bilateral relations between Tehran and Islamabad.
President Ahmadinejad pointed to the enemies' efforts to prevent enhancement of ties between Iran and Pakistan, and said, "Iran and Pakistan have and will stand beside each other with a strategic outlook."
The Pakistani president, for his part, stressed expansion of brotherly ties between the two countries, and said, " The two countries have mutual trust and consolidated relations today despite the will of all those who intend to ruin Tehran-Islamabad relations and impede our path of cooperation."
Also later on Wednesday, he held a meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei during which the Iranian Leader noted the brotherly bonds between Iran and Pakistan, and said, "We seriously believe that the two countries' economic, infrastructural, political, social and security ties should be reinvigorated."
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