Iran Press/ Asia: Asif Ali Zardari, the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan yesterday (Thursday) in a telephone conversation with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyyed Ibrahim Raisi, assured that Pakistan will continue to cooperate closely with Iran in all areas of mutual interest.
Asif Ali Zardari, while congratulating the Islamic President of Iran on the arrival of Eid al-Fitr, also emphasized the need to increase the exchange of information to overcome the security challenges of the two countries.
Meanwhile, Zardari expressed his condolences and sincere sympathy to the Iranian statesmen and bereaved families who lost their loved ones in the attack of the Israeli regime on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus.
The president of Pakistan also expressed concern about the humanitarian crisis and the genocide of Palestinians by the Israeli occupying forces and emphasized the need for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, had a telephone conversation with each other on Thursday evening.
Congratulating the government and nation of Pakistan on Eid al-Fitr and the re-election of Mr Zardari as the President of Pakistan, Raisi described the relations between the two countries as deep, historical and based on many unbreakable commonalities in religious, cultural and neighborhood areas and expressed hope in the new era, bilateral relations would be further expanded to secure the interests of the two nations.
Iran's President stated that the mutual capacities of the two countries to develop interactions are diverse and abundant, adding, “Iran and Pakistan have excellent grounds for developing cooperation in the fields of culture, trade, and energy, and the Islamic Republic of Iran hopes that in the process of actualizing these capacities, practical steps can be taken”.
While praising the faith and zeal of the young people of the Islamic Ummah in warding off various seditions, including ISIS, the President emphasized, "The development of Iran-Pakistan relations is not pleasing to the domineering powers, and they are seditiously looking for a rift between the two Muslim nations and countries, but we have to strengthen cooperation in the joint fight against terrorism to prevent the fulfillment of the enemies' wishes and promote friendship between Tehran and Islamabad”.
In another part of this conversation, the President described the continuation of the crimes and genocide of the Zionist regime in Gaza as a great sadness for the Islamic countries and all the free people of the world and emphasized the need for joint efforts of freedom-loving and independent countries to exert effective pressure to stop the crimes of this child-killing regime.
The President of Pakistan while inviting the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran to visit Pakistan, said that Islamabad is committed to developing close cooperation with Tehran in various fields.
In this telephone conversation, Asif Ali Zardari, while congratulating the government and nation of Iran on Eid al-Fitr and condemning the Zionist regime's terrorist attack on the consulate building of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus, spoke of his and his country's great desire to develop relations with Iran and added, “The vast cultural and civilizational similarities between the two countries are a suitable ground for the development of cultural, commercial, economic relations and the exchange of diverse and numerous capacities between the two sides”.
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