ISLAMABAD:National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser Monday said Pakistan andIran were tied in strong bond of religion, culture, history andneighbourhood and had commonalities of views on regional and global issues.
He said that Pakistan highly valued its cordial relation with Iran andwanted to further expand the existing ties through enhanced economic andparliamentary exchanges.
According to a message received here, he expressed these views whiletalking to Speaker of Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic ofIran, Dr Ali Larijani, who met him at the sidelines of the 140th GeneralAssembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union at Doha Qatar.
Both the leaders made a detailed review of the bilateral relations betweenthe two countries and expressed their joint desire to work for bettercooperation in all fields including intelligence sharing, bordermanagement, people to people contacts, trade, investment and parliamentarycooperation.
The NA speaker thanked his Iranian counterpart for the strong statements ofthe Iranian leadership especially the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei insupport of the Kashmiri people. He said the people of Kashmir had sufferedfor long at the hands of Indian occupying forces and now was the time forthe world community to end their sufferings. He expressed deep sense ofgrief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives and properties in Iran dueto recent devastating floods.
He said the government and people of Pakistan stood with their Iranianbrethren at this moment of catastrophe. He sympathized with the affectedpeople and assured his all-out support on the behalf of Parliament andgovernment of Pakistan.
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He also stressed the need for unity and close cooperation between theMuslim countries to overcome the challenges being faced by the Ummah. Heurged the need for close cooperation between the brotherly countries indiverse fields.
Dr Ali Larijani said that his country also considered Pakistan as one ofits brothers and wanted to further strengthen the existing bilateralrelations through enhancing cooperation in diverse fields.
He said that ties between Pakistan and Iran were unbreakable and both thenations have always stood with each other in difficult conditions. He addedthat Iran considered Pakistan as its partner for peace in the region andexpressed his hope that in future both nations would continue to chart thepaths of prosperity together.
