Daily Times

Stronger parliamentary relations between Pakistan and Iran will further boost economic, political and social ties.

This was stated in a meeting between members of a visiting Iranian Parliamentary delegation and a group of Pakistani senators.

The Iranian delegation, led by Dr Ahmad Amirabadi, met the Pakistani senators, led by Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, at Parliament House on Tuesday.

Speaking on the occasion, the Senate chairman said that parliamentary linkages would be strengthened and potential for enhancing the economic cooperation would be exploited to further cement the bilateral relations. “Pakistan and Iran share the common dream for development and prosperity of people, as the relationship between the two countries are embedded in history,” he said.

Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani said that Pakistan and Iran shared common traditions, religious values and social aspirations and had supported each other not only on international issues, but in pursuing the development agenda. He said that Pakistan attached great importance to its historic relations with Iran and was looking forward to further enhance the traditional ties for better economic and political collaboration through increased parliamentary linkages between the two countries.

The Senate chairman said that Pakistan and Iran had always cooperated with each other at international forums and had adopted a unified stance on different issues. “The recent years have witnessed enhanced cooperation in defence and security areas,” Sanjrani said. He said that Pakistan and Iran shared identical views on regional and international issues and there was great scope to further expand bilateral ties between the two sides. He said that both the countries were intertwined in cultural, religious and other regional commonalities.

“The two sides can achieve a lot through frequent interactions at different levels for mutual benefit,” he said. The Iranian parliamentary delegation agreed with the views of the Senate chairman for strengthening of the APA and boosting further parliamentary cooperation between two countries. The Senate chairman also hosted a lunch in honour of the visiting delegation.