Pakistan vows to cooperate with Iran to free abducted border guards

Friday, 19 October 2018 09:43 [ Last Update: Thursday, 09 January 2020 11:13 ]

Regretting the abduction of 14 Iranian border guards near the Pakistan-Iran border, the Pakistani government emphasised its willingness to cooperate with Iran to locate and free the kidnapped border guards.

Iran Press/Asia: The Embassy of Pakistan in Tehran deeply regretted the abduction of 14 Iranian border guards near the Pakistan-Iran border point of Mirjaveh on Oct 16 2018. While condemning all incidents of terrorism, Pakistan said it is committed to cooperation with Iran with regards to the case of the kidnapped Iranian guards.

In a press released Thursday, the Pakistani Embassy expressed its solidarity with the people of Iran and reiterates that Pakistan condemns the terrorist activities being perpetrated by those nefarious elements which want to sabotage relations between our brotherly countries, IRNA reported.

Iranian security personnel kidnapped near the town of Mirjaveh on the Pakistani border

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a phone conversation with his Pakistani counterpart on Wednesday, discussed the fate of the border forces of Iran, who had been abducted by terrorist groups at the border crossing point and taken to Pakistan.

Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mehmoud Qureshi assured Foreign Minister Zarif of Pakistan's fullest cooperation and said such incidents are the work of our common enemies unhappy with the existing close, friendly relations between Pakistan and Iran. He reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment of not allowing anyone to succeed in such malicious efforts and noted that Pakistan and Iran have shared a border of peace and friendship which would be maintained in the same spirit.