Foreign Affairs

Iran, Pakistan FMs hold phone conversation

In a telephone conversation between the foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan’s top diplomat Shah Mahmood Qureshi, initiated by the Pakistani side, the two discussed the Organization of Islamic Cooperation foreign ministers’ meeting, the Palestinian issue, Yemen, Afghanistan, the Ukraine crisis and bilateral relations. In a telephone conversation between the foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan’s top diplomat Shah Mahmood Qureshi, initiated by the Pakistani side, the two discussed the Organization of Islamic Cooperation foreign ministers’ meeting, the Palestinian issue, Yemen, Afghanistan, the Ukraine crisis and bilateral relations.

In this telephone conversation, the Pakistani foreign minister invited Amir Abdollahian to attend the OIC foreign ministers’ meeting in Islamabad and the ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Pakistan’s National Day. He stated that the Palestinian issue is the reason the OIC came into existence. He described the principled positions of the Islamic Republic of Iran in this regard as important and key.

The two sides discussed different aspects of bilateral relations, the Ukraine crisis, regional issues and those of the Islamic world.

Amir Abdollahian congratulated the Pakistani government and people on Pakistan’s National Day and thanked his counterpart for his invitation.

The Iranian foreign minister emphasized that draft resolutions on the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime, as well as the resolution against Yemen, which have been drafted by some countries, are not compatible with the principled positions of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the unity of the Islamic Ummah.

Emphasizing the importance of the unity of Islamic countries, Qureshi stressed that Pakistan will spare no effort in this direction and in support of Palestine.

Source: Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran