Islamabad: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday landed in Islamabad on a three-day visit. The visit holds critical value as the Western world will be keeping a close watch against the backdrop of Tehran’s ongoing frictions with Israel and the United States.
The Iranian President landed at Islamabad’s Nur Khan Airbase where he was received by Pakistan’s Minister of Housing and Works Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada.
He was escorted to the Prime Minister’s House where he was given a guard of honour and met Pakistan Premier Shehbaz Sharif.
Raisi is in Pakistan along with a delegation comprising dignitaries from various fields, who will be having brief meetings and discussions with their Pakistani counterparts and will be formulating parameters of cooperation in the days to come.
Raisi will spend one day in Islamabad and then will travel to Lahore on Tuesday following a visit to Karachi on Wednesday.
“Despite the upheaval in the region, the Iranian President has decided to visit Pakistan. It suggests the importance Tehran attaches to Islamabad,” said political analyst Kamran Yousaf.
He said that his visit would not only mend ties between the two countries especially after Pakistan carried out airstrikes inside Iranian territory in response to Tehran’s strike inside Pakistan but will also be significant in moving forward with economic cooperation initiatives.
Iranian President will meet Pakitan Army Chief General Asim Munir, President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chairman Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani and Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.
Sources said that the Iranian President will try to find out mutual cooperation to combat the common threat of terrorism with the Amry Chief.