The president of Iran, Masoud fishshkian, landed in Lahore on Saturday, observing to reaffirm his commitment to raise annual bilateral trade with Pakistan.
Pakistan has recently expressed solidarity and a desire for cooperation with Iran, that experts say it is vital to ensure shared interests in a changing geopolitical environment.
Pezeshkian is making an official two -day visit to Pakistan during the weekend, which makes him his first trip to Islamabad in his current role, the Foreign Ministry said. Before his trip, Pakistan pledged yesterday to help calm tensions between Iran and the United States.
Former Prime Minister and MNA Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, Punjab Prime Minister Maryam Nawaz, received the distinguished guest upon arrival in Lahore.
According PTV newsThe Iranian president will visit Mazar-iqbal and then will go to Islamabad, where he will meet with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Prime Minister Shehbaz had met with fishshkian during his visit to Iran at the end of May, which was part of his regional tour of friendly countries aimed at expressing his gratitude for his support during the conflict with India.
Fishshkian is the second Iranian president to visit Pakistan in so many years. The late Ebrahim Raisi had visited the country in April last year, only one month before he died in a helicopter accident.
According to the state media of Iran IRNABefore leaving for Pakistan, fishshkian emphasized the plan to raise their annual commercial exchanges to $ 10 billion. The two countries had agreed in April last year to increase trade in the next five years.
The president described the commercial relations between Tehran and Islamabad as “good” and identified the impulse trade with Pakistan through the earth, the air and the sea as priorities for this trip, added the report.
“Through Pakistan, Iran can connect to the silk route that joins China and Pakistan, and the route can extend through Iran to Europe,” he said.
Emphasizing that security and border problems were of great importance for both Iran and Pakistan, emphasized that regional security should be achieved through cooperation, according to IRNA.
Fishshkian said that the two neighbors have “enjoyed good, friendly and deep relationships” from the independence of Pakistan. “The two countries cooperate in economic, scientific, cultural and border areas, and there is a deep link between the people of both parties,” he said.
Pezeshkian stressed that during the recent Israel-Iran War and the United States attacks against its nuclear facilities, “Pakistan was one of the countries that strongly condemned this aggression and declared their preparation to provide any necessary support for Iran’s territorial integrity, as well as for the government and people of Iran.”
According IRNAThe president also pointed out that “the enemy plans to create division between Muslims, but they will frustrate the plots of the enemies,” and added that Tehran aims to maintain unity and solidarity between Iran and Pakistan.
Pezeshkian had gone to Pakistan today. It is accompanied by a high -level delegation, including Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, higher ministers and other high -ranking officials.
