Saadullah Saeed
ISLAMABAD: Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam has said that last year, the trade value between Pakistan and Iran exceeded 2.5 billion dollars, and the two countries aim to reach the figure of 5 billion dollars. Reza Amiri Moghadam congratulated the people and the Government of Pakistan on the successful holding of the nationwide election. We hope that the new government in Pakistan will bring more progress and prosperity to the people of Pakistan, he said. On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Glorious Victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran and the National Day a ceremony was held at the local hotel of Islamabad.
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he ceremony was hosted by Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam and his Spouse. Caretaker Foreign minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi, Allama Sajid Naqvi, Governor Sindh Muhammad Kamran Khan Tessori, son of late Maulana Samiul Haq, Hamidul Haq, Deputy Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Liaqat Baloch, SAPM Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, Pir Naqeebur Rehman, civiland military high officials, diplomats of other countries and a large number of people belonging to different walks of life attended the ceremony.
The cake wasalso cut on the occasion. The children ofIran and Pakistan presented the nationalanthems of both countries.While addressing the ceremony, Ambas-sador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadamsaid “I would like to express my sincereappreciation for giving us the honor ofattending this ceremony on the occasionof the 45th anniversary of the victory ofthe Islamic Revolution and the NationalDay of Iran”. “You are most welcome. Iwould like to extend my sincere gratitudeto all of you for attending this ceremony”.Reza Amiri Moghadam said that it is anhonor to celebrate this occasion in thefriendly, brotherly, and neighbourly coun-try of Pakistan.
The existence of numerous historical, geographical, ethnic, linguistic cultural, and religious commonalities and links has created deep and unbreakable relations between Iran and Pakistan. Iran was the first country to recognize the independent Pakistan. On the other hand, Pakistan was the first country to recognize the Islamic Republic of Iran after the victory of the revolution. The ties between the two countries have been established in such a way that there has been no territorial and border dispute between the two, and now we have strong relations in various fields, he said.
Reza Amiri Moghadam said that having been built upon such solid foundations and given Iran’s foreign policy to accord priority to neighbors, ephemeral incidents can never fluctuate the relations between the two countries. Reza Amiri Moghadam said that our two countries have close view points on many regional, international, and Islamic world issues, and closely cooperate and mutually support each other in the regional and international organizations and forums. SABAH
