Minister: Mirjaveh incident not befitting of bilateral ties

EghtesadOnline: Interior Minister Abdulreza Rahmani-Fazli said in a telephone conversation with his Pakistani counterpart that given friendly ties between Iran and Pakistan, border incident in Mirjaveh was not expected to happen.

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09 May 2017

In a phone conversation with Nesar Ali Khan on Monday, he said, “We are ready to hold special security and border committee meetings and help implement their decisions.'

Calling for boosting economic interaction and border trade cooperation, especially in Rimdan border market, Rahmani-Fazli said that economic interaction in border areas can help create sustainable security on the border. However, the incident taking place on the border has shaken pillars of economic, trade and security cooperation, according to Interior Ministry Website.

According to IRNA, Iranian minister urged his Pakistani counterpart to adopt immediate and deterrent measures on the borders in various fields such as preventing entry of terrorists and outlaws to Iran from the Pakistani side, containing drug smuggling and countering illegal entry of Afghan nationals.

Pakistani interior minister expressed regret over the border incident in Mirjaveh, saying that his country is keen to push forward all the agreements reached earlier between the two countries.

Nesar Ali Khan underlined that Pakistani prime minister in a special order has tasked him to pursue the implementation of the agreements reached by the two countries.

Nine Iranian border guards were martyred and two others injured by terrorists near Pakistan border in southeastern province of Sistan-Balouchestan on April 26, when they were patrolling at the zero border point. The terrorists after the killings and abducting one Iranian border guard fled to Pakistan’s territories.