PM visit to Iran reinforces Tehran, Islamabad trust: Mushahid

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan’s Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed said Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Iran would reinforce confidence and trust between Tehran and Islamabad.

In an interview with IRNA on Sunday, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed said the visit would also build strong political ties between the leaders of Iran and Pakistan.

Prime Minister Imran Khan is paying an official visit to Iran on Sunday on the invitation of President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani. This is the first visit of the Prime Minister to Iran.

“As Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs I warmly welcome the visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to the Islamic Republic of Iran which is our neighbor and traditionally close friend with whom we have mutuality of interests,” Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed said.

Chairman Pak-China Institute went on to say that the visit gave a very positive message from Pakistan, its government, its people and parliament to the people of Iran.

He added that Pakistan rejected all kinds of negative propaganda against Iran.

“Pakistan has very strong strategic ties with Iran and we want to further strengthen those at the political, economic and security level,” the Senator said.

The lawmaker expressing his views said, "We have common enemy in terms of terrorism and extremism and we will combat that enemy together because it is in the interest of both Iran and Pakistan', he said.

The Senator, to a question said declaring state entities and institutions of states with the label of terrorism, was not right.