TEHRAN – High-ranking officials from Iran and Pakistan stressed the need to expand and develop strategic cooperation.
The visiting Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met and held talks with Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani in Tehran on Tuesday.
During the meeting, the two sides explored the avenues for deepening and strengthening bilateral cooperation in the political, security, and economic fields.
Strengthening the security position of the two countries in the current diplomatic equations and expanding strategic cooperation to maintain regional stability and security were the main topics discussed between the Iranian and Pakistani officials.
Pakistani minister arrived in Tehran to attend the first-ever Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Interior Ministers’ meeting.
The meeting aimed to focus on enhancing security and counterterrorism cooperation among the 10 member states of the ECO.
The 10 member countries of the ECO are Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Omani interior minister met and held talks with Iran’s top security official Larijani to discuss the expansion of bilateral relations.