Outgoing Ambassador of Iran paid a farewell call on the President. 22/11/19

PRESIDENT’S SECRETARIAT (PUBLIC)
PRESS WING
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(PR No. 173/2019)
Outgoing Ambassador of Iran paid a farewell call on the President
Islamabad; November 22, 2019: Pakistan is grateful for Supreme Leader of Iran
Ayatullah Ali Khamenei’s strong support for the just struggle of the people of
Kashmir, said President Dr. Arif Alvi, while talking to the outgoing Ambassador of
Iran, Mr. Mehdi Honardoost, who paid farewell call on him at Aiwan-e-Sadr,
Islamabad today. The unilateral and illegal actions taken by the fascist Indian
government, violating the human rights of the people of Kashmir, are a continuation
of BJP’s hostile and restrictive attitude towards all its minorities, he added. The
President further said that Pakistan would continue its support for humans rights of
all communities around the world and in this regard the initiative of English TV
channel by Pakistan, Turkey, and Malaysia would go a long way towards countering
Islamophobia.
The President said that Pakistan and Iran had close bilateral relations based on
religion, culture, people-to-people contacts and commonality of interests. He
highlighted that close cooperative relations with all neighbouring countries including
Iran was a key foreign policy priority of Pakistan. Therefore, Pakistan greatly valued
Iran’s consistent support on various regional issues, he added.
The Ambassador emphasized that Pakistan and Iran were brotherly countries and
regional peace and stability was their high priority.
The President appreciated the services of the outgoing Iranian Ambassador in
furthering the bilateral relations between the two countries during his tenure in
Pakistan and wished him well for his future assignments.
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