Islamabad:
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian is ready to visit Pakistan on Saturday on invitation from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on a tour seen as crucial after the recent Iran-Israel war and other regional developments.
According to officials, the Iranian president countries on Lahore on Saturday and first would visit Mausoleum by poet Dr. Muhammad Allama Iqbal. He then traveled to Islamabad, where he wanted a series of meetings with Pakistan’s civil and military leaders, including the president, the Prime Minister and the army chief.
The Iranian media reported that Pezeshkian’s agenda includes high -level meetings and dialogues with cultural and business leaders. Discussions are expected to focus on strengthening the bilateral relations that span political, economic, religious and cultural dimensions.
A key goal of the visit is to expand cross -border and provincial cooperation with the hope of increasing the current trading volumes beyond the existing $ 3 billion.
But the focus would be on current regional development, including Iran-Israel conflict, tension in South Asia and worsening the situation in Gaza.
Prime Minister Shehbaz, along with the army chief, traveled to Tehran after the conflict in the Pakistan India in May for thanking Iran for expanding support to Pakistan.
Iran was among the countries trying to mediate a ceasefire between the two nuclear armed neighbors. The Iranian Foreign Minister traveled to both New Delhi and Islamabad to prevent the situation from further escalation. The Iranian president subsequently spoke with both Pakistani and Indian leaders as part of the mediation effort.
But a few weeks later, when Iran was facing a barrier of missiles, drones and other attacks from Israel, Pakistan expressed complete solidarity with Tehran.
Pakistan not only condemned the Israel strike on Iran, but as a non-permanent member of UNSC played an important role in favor of Iran.
