Media Wire

Rouhani to Sharif: Iran Welcomes Improved Pakistan Relations

Iran’s Hassan Rouhani told Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan that both nations in the region have common interests and will improve mutual ties.

President Rouhani spoke to Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, over the phone on Saturday evening to sympathize with him in his recover from a surgery operation. “Pakistan is a friend and a neighbour with whom Iran has common interests in the region; Tehran-Islamabad relations have been strengthened thank to Your Excellency’s wise policies and statecraft,” Rouhani praised the recovering prime minister.

Nawaz Sharif, for his part, reaffirmed that Pakistan would stand with Iran in the international community and welcomed broader bilateral relations, saying, “For us, Iran is a second home and Islamabad welcomes extending relations with Tehran in all fields of bilateral interest.”

IFP Media Wire

Reports and views published in the Media Wire section have been retrieved from other news agencies and websites, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Iran Front Page (IFP) news website. The IFP may change the headlines of the reports in a bid to make them compatible with its own style of covering Iran News, and does not make any changes to the content. The source and URL of all reports and news stories are mentioned at the bottom of each article.

Recent Posts

Iranian students rally in solidarity with pro-Palestine American peers

The members of the academic board, students and employees of Tehran University held a rally…

29 mins ago

Russia says repelled Ukraine drone raid on energy infrastructure

Russia repelled a wave of attempted Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries and energy infrastructures…

3 hours ago

Israel destroyed 70% of northern Gaza water wells

The Israeli army has destroyed 70% of water wells in the northern Gaza Strip amid…

3 hours ago

President Raisi: Iran cannot be sanctioned

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Western efforts to isolate Iran have failed as the country…

3 hours ago

Israel turns down US calls for investigating into Gaza mass graves

Israel will not carry out further probes into mass graves found at Gaza hospitals, as…

4 hours ago

Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for strikes on UK oil tanker, U.S. drone

The Yemen-based Houthi group announced on Saturday that they had launched missile attacks, hitting a…

5 hours ago