Pakistani Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani spoke to his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and expressed Pakistan’s readiness to work with Iran.
The statement issued after the two ministers spoke over the telephone: “He (Jilani) underscored the need for closer cooperation on security issues.”
Pakistan and Iran on Friday agreed on the spirit of “mutual trust and cooperation” and the need for closer cooperation on security issues. They also exchanged goodwill messages, dismissing fears of escalation and showing that differences between the two neighbours had cooled before they flared up two days ago.
The talks came as the two sides began to mend broken ties after missile strikes on each other’s territory. Pakistan had earlier launched “precision military strikes” on so-called “terrorist hideouts” in Iran’s Siestan-Balochistan province that killed nine people on Thursday. The attack was considered as a response to Iranian missiles and drone strikes on Tuesday in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province.
Seyed Rasoul Mousavi said Iran’s Foreign Ministry was the end point in the prevailing tensions between the two countries.
“Leaders and high officials of both countries know that only terrorists and enemies of both countries benefit from the existing tension between the two neighbouring countries,” he wrote on X.
