TEHRAN – Iran’s border guard commander, Qassem Rezaee, said on Saturdaythat Tehran and Islamabad have cooperated to enhance the security at commonborder areas.
Speaking to reporters during a visit to the border areas of Iran’sSistan-Balouchestan province, Second Brigadier General Rezaee unveiledplans for closer interaction with Pakistan’s coast guard.
He said Iranian-Pakistani border guards have made a plan to protect thecommon border after consultations between the two countries’ officials,Tasnim reported.
The top officer said the joint efforts between the two neighbors havefacilitated trips by Pakistani pilgrims at the Mirjaveh border crossing.
The commander also unveiled plans for promotion of cooperation withPakistan’s coastguard in order to ensure security along the common seaborder.
In April, President Hassan Rouhani and Prime Minister of Pakistan ImranKhan agreed to set up a joint rapid reaction unit along the common borderto combat terrorism.
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Iranian military forces along the southeastern border areas are frequentlyattacked by terrorist groups coming from Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In February, a bus carrying IRGC personnel was traveling between the citiesof Zahedan and Khash in Sistan-Balouchestan, when it was targeted in asuicide car bomb attack.
Twenty-seven IRGC members were killed and 13 others injured in the attackclaimed by the so-called Jaish ul-Adl terrorist group based in Pakistan.
