ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (APP):The diplomats of Pakistan and Iran engaged in \u201csome positive exchanges\u201d emphasising positive dialogue and restoration of trust, hours after Pakistan carried out military strikes inside Iran to hit terrorists\u2019 hideouts.
\nIn a \u201chighly complex\u201d and \u201cspecifically targeted\u201d precision military strikes, Pakistan on Thursday morning had hit the Pakistan-origin terrorists\u2019 hideouts in Siestan-o-Baluchistan province of Iran, killing a number of them.<\/p>\n
Pakistan\u2019s action came a day after the Iranian side violated Pakistan\u2019s airspace which was called a \u201cblatant breach of Pakistan\u2019s sovereignty\u201d and the violation of the international law.
\nThe developments prompted Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar and Interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani to cut short their respective foreign visits of Switzerland and Uganda, besides triggering reactions from the world.
\nHowever, on Thursday night, the diplomats of both sides engaged in what Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch called \u201csome positive exchanges\u201d with both sides stressing for dialogue and restoration of trust.
\nOn his X account, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Rasoul Mousavi shared the statement of the Iranian foreign ministry which said, \u201cIran adheres to the policy of good neighborliness and brotherhood between the two nations and the two governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement also read, \u201cIt does not allow enemies to strain the amicable and brotherly relations of Tehran and Islamabad\u2026 especially when the genocide and crimes of the Zionist regime are the foremost issues affecting the Islamic world.\u201d
\nIn his translated remarks, Mousavi called his ministry\u2019s statement \u201cthe endpoint of the waves of tension between Iran and Pakistan.
\n\u201cLeaders and high officials of both countries know that only terrorists and enemies of both countries benefit from the existing tension between the two neighboring countries,\u201d he wrote on his personal social media account.
\nEchoing the Iranian foreign ministry\u2019s statement, Mousavi said, \u201cToday, the main problem of the Islamic world is to stop the Zionist crimes in Gaza.\u201d
\nFollowing this, Rahim Hayat Qureshi, Additional Foreign Secretary of Pakistan also took to the his personal account on the social media platform and responded by reciprocating the sentiments of \u201cdear brother\u201d Mousavi.
\n\u201cPakistan and Iran have fraternal relations and shall move forward to resolve all issues through positive dialogue,\u201d said Qureshi who had also served as Pakistan\u2019s Ambassador in Iran and Permanent Representative to ECO.
\nHe said it was important to restore the trust and confidence that has always defined the Pak-Iran bilateral relations.
\n\u201cOur common challenges including terrorism require coordinated action,\u201d he commented.
\nLater, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch also commented on her personal X account calling the conversation \u201csome positive exchanges.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (APP):The diplomats of Pakistan and Iran engaged in \u201csome positive exchanges\u201d emphasising positive dialogue and restoration of trust, hours after Pakistan carried out military strikes inside Iran to hit terrorists\u2019 hideouts. In a \u201chighly complex\u201d and \u201cspecifically targeted\u201d precision military strikes, Pakistan […]<\/p>\n
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