New Delhi: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Pakistan on a three-day go to on Monday, the Ministry of Overseas Affairs of Pakistan mentioned.
Upon arrival, Raisi was acquired by Federal Minister for Housing and Works, Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada and Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran, Ambassador Mudassir Tipu.
Pakistan Overseas Ministry mentioned that the Iranian President is accompanied by his partner and a high-level delegation comprising the Overseas Minister and different members of the cupboard and senior officers.
“President Raisi has an in depth programme in Pakistan reflecting depth and breadth of Pakistan-Iran ties. He’ll meet the President and the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Chairman Senate and Speaker, Nationwide Meeting,” the Overseas Ministry of Pakistan wrote on X.
Through the go to, Raisi can also be slated to go to Lahore and Karachi and meet with the provincial management there.
The Overseas Ministry revealed that following delegation-level negotiations between PM Shehbaz and Raisi on the PM Workplace, many memorandums of understanding (MoUs) shall be inked by the 2 international locations.
Moreover, President Zardari will maintain a banquet in honour of his Iranian counterpart at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
Raisi is scheduled to go to Lahore as a part of his high-profile tour of Pakistan, the place he’s anticipated to fulfill with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and Governor Balighur Rehman. The Iranian chief can also be resulting from meet with Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Governor Kamran Tessori in Karachi later, reported The Information Worldwide.
The Iranian President’s go to to Pakistan, nonetheless, comes at a time when there may be escalation of tensions within the Center East. The USA shall be carefully monitoring his go to, which coincides with the stress between Iran and Israel.
Raisi, in response to The Information Worldwide, would keep in Karachi and return to Tehran on Wednesday.
The provincial authorities are on excessive alert as a result of high-profile go to and public vacation has been declared in Karachi on April 23.
It ought to be famous that the Iran-Pakistan gasoline pipeline stays a serious purpose for Pakistan’s tolerance of some key safety points with Iran.
The pipeline was an previous thought, however implementation started a lot later when Asif Ali Zardari was nearing the completion of his first time period as president. Iran has constructed its half, however Pakistan is hesitant to proceed at its finish, resulting from strain from Saudi Arabia and the danger of debilitating US sanctions.
Furthermore, the mixture of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is working collectively and might hold Saudi Arabia and Iran in stability, author Muhammad Amir Rana writes in his article for Daybreak.
Nevertheless, the author says that Tehran might probably stay a problem for Islamabad.
