TEHRAN/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran have agreed to strengthen relations after both countries conducted airstrikes on each other’s territories.
The Pakistan Foreign Office said in a statement that Pakistan’s caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani talked to his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and agreed to de-escalate the situation.
Pakistan & Iran to work on coutner-terrorism
The Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported that both the foreign ministers agreed to work on counter-terrorism underscoring “close brotherly relations”.
“The two foreign ministers agreed that working level cooperation and close coordination on counter terrorism and other aspects of mutual concern should be strengthened. They also agreed to de-escalate the situation,” the statement said.
Pak-Iran relations
Relations between the two countries dropped to an all time low when Iran targeted a terrorist hideout inside Pakistani territory.
In retaliation, the Pakistan Air Force conducted airstrikes 80 km deep inside Iranian territory, citing security reasons.
Pakistan’s ‘Marg Bar Sarmachar’ operation was aimed at eliminating BLA terrorist hideouts inside Iran, Pakistan said.
