Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrives in Pakistan on 2-day visit

[Microsoft]

Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday on a two-day trip, during which he will hold delegation-level talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi and meetings with other officials.

According to a press release from the Foreign Office, Zarif will also call on Prime Minister Imran Khan during his visit which ends on November 11. He is also scheduled to meet National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser and Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa during his stay in Islamabad, Dawn reported earlier.

The Iranian foreign minister is being accompanied by a delegation comprising political and economic experts.

The delegation includes Iran’s special envoy for Afghanistan Mohammad Ibrahim Taheriyan, according to an Iranian official. This would be Taheriyan’s first visit to Islamabad in his capacity as the Iranian point man on Afghanistan.

Iran has supported the intra-Afghan dialogue, which has been going on in Doha since September, but has failed to make any headway. The two sides have been bogged down for nearly two months in negotiations on the talks’ framework and its agenda.

Taheriyan, in a meeting with special representative of the UN secretary-general for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons on Monday, expressed concern over escalating violence in Afghanistan over the past three months, according to media reports.

This is the fourth time Zarif is visiting Pakistan over the past two and a half years, the FO said in its press release today, adding that the tour is "part of regular high-level exchanges" between Iran and Pakistan. He last came here in May 2019.

"The visit of the Foreign Minister of Iran will help further deepen bilateral cooperation and enhance understanding on various regional issues," the FO statement read.

The statement underlined the "close, cordial relations" between the two countries which were "founded on mutual trust and augmented by affinities of faith and culture". It also noted that the Iranian government has been vocal in its support for the people of occupied Kashmir.

 

[El Sidd]

Welcome.

 

[Pak_Sher]

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Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday on a two-day trip, during which he will hold delegation-level talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi and meetings with other officials.

According to a press release from the Foreign Office, Zarif will also call on Prime Minister Imran Khan during his visit which ends on November 11. He is also scheduled to meet National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser and Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa during his stay in Islamabad, Dawn reported earlier.

The Iranian foreign minister is being accompanied by a delegation comprising political and economic experts.

The delegation includes Iran’s special envoy for Afghanistan Mohammad Ibrahim Taheriyan, according to an Iranian official. This would be Taheriyan’s first visit to Islamabad in his capacity as the Iranian point man on Afghanistan.

Iran has supported the intra-Afghan dialogue, which has been going on in Doha since September, but has failed to make any headway. The two sides have been bogged down for nearly two months in negotiations on the talks’ framework and its agenda.

Taheriyan, in a meeting with special representative of the UN secretary-general for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons on Monday, expressed concern over escalating violence in Afghanistan over the past three months, according to media reports.

This is the fourth time Zarif is visiting Pakistan over the past two and a half years, the FO said in its press release today, adding that the tour is "part of regular high-level exchanges" between Iran and Pakistan. He last came here in May 2019.

"The visit of the Foreign Minister of Iran will help further deepen bilateral cooperation and enhance understanding on various regional issues," the FO statement read.

The statement underlined the "close, cordial relations" between the two countries which were "founded on mutual trust and augmented by affinities of faith and culture". It also noted that the Iranian government has been vocal in its support for the people of occupied Kashmir.

Pakistan needs to address the terrorists operating from Iran issues and fencing the border area completely.

Iran does supply electricity to Pakistan and that can be increased to eliminate power cuts to the industry and people. Also Exxon’s exit from the LNG Project maybe we can get a deal with them.

 

[Microsoft]

Pakistan needs to address the terrorists operating from Iran issues and fencing the border area completely.

Iran does supply electricity to Pakistan and that can be increased to eliminate power cuts to the industry and people. Also Exxon’s exit from the LNG Project maybe we can get a deal with them.

This seems to be more related more to Afghanistan than other issues. Also why would Iran discuss more agreements with Pakistan when I-P pipeline is left unfinished due to Pakistan. First Pakistan needs to learn to make its own decisions then press other countries on issues.

 

[El Sidd]

What were his activities today?

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Be careful of these people.

I would judge this visit similar to one from KSA, UAE diplomats.

It is merely for show.

 

[nomi007]

Hope Saudis will never ask for 2 Billion Dollars.

 

[El Sidd]

Hope Saudis will never ask for 2 Billion Dollars.

Pakistani government spent 2 billion on Zarifs visit?

That is almost Shah like celebration expenditure.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

It is merely for show.

No it is not. Of all the countries on our flanks Iran offers the most potential. It has some of the largest oil/gas reserves on earth. Pakistan should in theory be drowning in cheap energy. In addition Iran is sizeable market and offers direct access into Anatolian plateu and Caucasus regions which would help Pakistan link up with Turkey, Azerbaijan etc.

Then there is the common interest of Afghanistan which should be a arena exclusively with Pak-Iran influence to the exclusion of all others most importantly India. All this has been stayed for variety of reasons foremost USA. However the increasing Chinese influence on Iran and rise of China as a emerging superpower offers immense scope to Pakistan to leverage Iran in the wider Chinese belt road initiative which Beijing is pushing Tehran to play it's role.