TEHRAN, May 8, YJC - Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli called on Pakistan’s firm measures to boost security along the two countries’ shared borders, saying Iran ready to establish security and border committees for better cooperation between the two neighboring countries.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Speaking in a telephone
conversation with Pakistani Federal Minister for Interior and Narcotics
Control Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday, Rahmani Fazli pointed to the
recent terrorist crime against Iranian border guards near the town of
Mirjaveh, and noted that "the incident was against the friendly and
cordial relations between Iran and Pakistan.
"We
are ready to establish and make functional the special security
committee and (joint) border committee after (necessary) expert
meetings,” he underscored.
The
Iranian minister invited Nisar Ali Khan to pay a visit to Tehran and
said, "We are ready to hold a conference on cooperation on security,
economic and border issues as soon as possible.”
He
further said enhanced economic interaction and commercial cooperation
in border areas can establish sustainable security along border areas.
The
Pakistani minister, for his part, said his country was resolved to
implement bilateral agreements, adding that the Pakistani prime minister
had tasked him with implementing the agreements reached between the two
countries.
The meeting came after a
cross-border terrorist attack from inside Pakistan happened on April
26. Ten Iranian servicemen were killed on duty in Mirjaveh, in the
southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan.
One border guard was also kidnapped by the terrorists.
The attack on the Iranian troops was claimed by the so-called Jaish al-Adl Takfiri terrorist group.
One
day later on April 27, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sent a letter
to Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, calling on Islamabad to
prosecute and bring to justice the perpetrators of the attack.
Meantime, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also visited Pakistan last week to pursue the case.
Source: Tasnim News Agency