Pakistan, Iran ‘must work for regional connectivity

Pakistan and Iran facing common challenges due to prolonged instability in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran have no other option except to work collectively to connect Asia with other regions and beyond, said National Security Advisor Lt-Gen (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua here on Tuesday.

He made the remarks while talking to an Iranian delegation headed by Kamal Kharrazi, head of Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.

The NSA warmly welcomed the guests and said that “Iran is a fraternal neighbouring country with blessing of common faith, history and culture”.

“Our co-location is divine and full of potentials. Our geography and our geo-strategic location is our biggest asset and our essence of progression. Collectively, we can connect Asia with other regions and the world and that is where the vision of our relationship resides. We have every reason to be together,” he said.



He also applauded the efforts of the leadership of both the countries for setting up common objectives and goals for the improvement of bilateral relations and commented that such like visits would be very beneficial in this regard.

Kharrazi said that “we both need to work together and translate our challenges into opportunities”. He expressed strong desire of Iranian government to connect Iranian communication networks with Pakistan.



In terms of security situation, he highlighted the fact that Pakistan and Iran were facing common challenges due to prolonged instability in Afghanistan. Both sides appreciated peace offer made by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

The warring sides should make use of the offer to seek an enduring peace for Afghanistan. We all need to work together for the stability of Afghanistan.