TEHRAN – Chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces urged Pakistan to makean effort to release the Iranian border guards who were kidnapped recentlyand transferred to Pakistan, Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.
“Considering the bilateral agreements between the two countries’ armedforces on ensuring the security of common borders, we expect the Pakistaniarmed forces to take necessary measures and push for the immediate releaseof the abducted (Iranian) soldiers and border guards,” MohammadHossein Baqheri said in a telephone conversation with his Pakistanicounterpart Qamar Javed Bajwa.
Baqheri also urged Pakistan to reinforce the presence of its securityforces along the common borders with Iran, to promote security andstability in those areas, and to prevent acts of terrorism.
For his part, the Pakistani general expressed regret over the abduction ofIranian forces, and expressed hope that Pakistan would soon arrest thekidnappers and free the Iranian abductees.
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On Tuesday, 14 Iranian border guards were kidnapped by an armed group inMirjaveh border point in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan. -Xinhua
