The Iranian president’s visit also holds significance as the two countries share key economic interests
ISLAMABAD: A day after Iran carried out an unprecedented drone, missile attack on Israel, President Ibrahim Raisi is set to visit Pakistan on April 22.
As per sources quoted by a private news channel, Islamabad and Tehran have agreed upon the matters pertaining to President Raisi’s visit who will be accompanied by a high-level delegation and will hold meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Asif Ali Zardari and the military leadership.
His visit comes after Tehran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel since Saturday in retaliation to the Israeli airstrike on its Damascus consulate that killed several people including Iran’s Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) senior commanders Mohammed Reza Zahedi and senior commander Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi.
Apart from this, the visit is part of ongoing efforts by the two countries to deepen their cooperation which received a temporary setback earlier this year.
In January, relations between the two countries had turned sour after Pakistan, in retaliation to Tehran’s cross-border strikes, carried out precision strikes using killer drones, rockets, loitering munitions and stand-off weapons to target terrorists inside Iranian territory.
Pakistan had even withdrawn its ambassador from Iran and announced that it would not allow the Iranian envoy visiting his home country at that time to return as a gesture of protest against the breach of its sovereignty by Iran.
The diplomatic ties, however, were soon restored with the ambassadors of the two countries returning to their respective posts.
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The sources, as per the publication, said the agenda of President Raisi includes bilateral ties, security cooperation, gas pipeline and potential free trade agreement (FTA).
The Iranian president’s visit also holds significance as the two countries share key economic interests, most notably the Pak-Iran gas pipeline.
