Iranian Foreign Minister met Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been met by Iran’s Foreign Minister Syed Abbas Araqchi.

According to the statement issued by the Prime Minister House, this meeting took place on Tuesday at the Prime Minister House Islamabad.

The Iranian Foreign Minister is scheduled to arrive in Pakistan today on a two-day visit, where he earlier met Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.

According to the statement of the Prime Minister’s House, while welcoming Syed Abbas Araqchi on his first official visit to Pakistan as the Foreign Minister of Iran, the Prime Minister expressed his best wishes to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei and President Masoud Al-Majkiyan.

The Prime Minister reiterated Pakistan’s determination to further strengthen its fraternal relations with Iran and expressed its desire to maintain high-level exchanges as well as enhance mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas of mutual interest.

In the meeting, the worrying situation of the Middle East region was discussed. Reiterating Pakistan’s support for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and the just struggle for an independent state, the prime minister strongly condemned Israel’s ongoing genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people.

The Prime Minister stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid and, above all, the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, which is guaranteed to them by relevant UN and OIC resolutions. , also emphasized on the provision of

According to the statement, the Prime Minister strongly condemned Israel’s attack on Iran on October 26, 2024 and reiterated his support for Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The Iranian Foreign Minister thanked the Prime Minister for Pakistan’s principled stand and informed him about Iran’s point of view regarding the situation in the region.