RAWALPINDI – Major General Dr. Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of General StaffIranian Armed Forces along with a high-level delegation visited GHQ andcalled on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
During the meeting matters of mutual interest, regional security, defencecooperation and Pak-Iran border management were discussed.
COAS emphasized the need to further enhance military to militarycooperation between the two Armed Forces. COAS said that enhancedPakistan-Iran cooperation will have a positive impact on peace and securityin the region.
Visiting dignitary pledged to keep working for better relations between thetwo brotherly countries and also condemned recent terrorist attacks inPakistan.
The visit of Iran’s top military officer comes after Iran, Pakistan, Russiaand China recently agreed to join efforts in fighting Daesh, or theso-called ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS) in the neighbouring Afghanistan.
The quartet also agreed on confronting “all other terrorists groups” in theCentral Asian country.
The meeting also discussed ways to stop the infiltration of Daeshterrorists from Iraq and Syria into Afghanistan. The participants furtheragreed to share intelligence towards fighting terror.
Around 10,000 Daesh terrorists were functioning actively in nine provincesin Afghanistan.
Pakistani army chief Bajwa visited Tehran last November after 10 Iranianborder guards were killed and two others injured in an ambush near the townof Mirjaveh in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-Balochistan,which borders Pakistan.
The upcoming visit by Baqeri is also expected to feature assessment of theprogress made in the implementation of the agreements reached between thetwo countries during Bajwa’s visit.