TEHRAN – Mohammad Ali Hosseini, Iran’s ambassador to Islamabad, andPakistan Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General NadeemRaza on Thursday highlighted the importance of close security cooperationin border areas.
According to IRNA, the two sides also called for military cooperation.
Hosseini praised Pakistan’s determination to fence border areas.
Ambassador Hosseini also met with Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ijaz AhmedShah on January 30.
“It is unavoidable to boost security in borders to help the sustainabledevelopment of the region and also the well-being of the people of the twocountries, especially those who reside in border areas,” Hosseini said.
Shah said that Islamabad is determined to expand cooperation with Iran invarious areas, including border security, fight against terrorism and drugtrafficking.
Iran and Pakistan held their 23rd border meeting in the Pakistani provinceof Baluchistan on January 1.
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Ahmad Ali Mohebati, governor of the southeastern border province ofSistan-Balouchestan, said in November 2019 that the Iranian government haddecided to withdraw 100 million dollars from the National Development Fund(NDF) to seal borders with Pakistan.
“This amount of money will speed up the work but will not be enough,”Mohebati told IRNA.
The provincial governor added, “Iran cannot seal the borders unilaterallyand has reached agreements with Pakistan in this respect and this country[Pakistan] has also started sealing the borders.”
“Pakistan has sealed 50 kilometers of the borders by constructing barbedwire and fences,” he said.
He also said that sealing the borders will not cause any trouble to thoseresiding in the area.
