(VOVWORLD) - Pakistan and Iran on Monday said they respected each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity and would expand security cooperation, bidding to mend ties after tit-for-tat missile strikes.
 Pakistan's caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian (photo: Reuters) |
Pakistan's caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, speaking at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said the neighbours had several strong channels of communication with each other.
Jilani said the two countries agreed to fight terrorism in their respective areas and establish a system of consultations at the level of the foreign ministers to oversee progress across sectors.
Abdollahian said the two countries had a good understanding, and that Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi would soon visit Pakistan.