FM Khar meets Iranian counterpart in Tehran
Khar is accompanying Prime Mister Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani on his visit to Iran.
ISLAMABAD:
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar met her Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi on her arrival in Tehran on Monday.
Foreign Minister Khar is accompanying Prime Mister Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani on his visit to Iran.
She apprised the Iranian foreign minister of the magnitude of the devastation caused by monsoon rains in southern Pakistan. The Iranian foreign minister said that in solidarity with the Pakistani people and as an urgent response to the appeal for assistance by President Asif Ali Zardari and prime minister Gilani, the Iranian government was sending to Pakistan two plane loads of relief goods on September 12.
Foreign minister Khar thanked her Iranian counterpart for the immediate response to the disaster.
The two ministers, as a follow up to their recent meeting in Islamabad, held substantive discussions on bilateral issues and measures to strengthen bilateral economic ties. They also discussed the global and regional situation with particular focus on peace and stability in Afghanistan.
Interior Minister of Iran Mostafa Mohammad Najar on Sunday said Iran will donate $ 100 million for the rehabilitation of the rain affected people of Sindh, while receiving Gilani in Tehran.
(Read: Iran to give $100 million for rain-affected in Sindh)
He said Iran will donate $100 million which he will announce during his visit to Pakistan for the rehabilitation of the rain victims in brotherly country of Pakistan.
The Prime Minister thanked the government and people of Iran for their generous assistance and for feeling suffering of the people of Pakistan.
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar met her Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi on her arrival in Tehran on Monday.
Foreign Minister Khar is accompanying Prime Mister Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani on his visit to Iran.
She apprised the Iranian foreign minister of the magnitude of the devastation caused by monsoon rains in southern Pakistan. The Iranian foreign minister said that in solidarity with the Pakistani people and as an urgent response to the appeal for assistance by President Asif Ali Zardari and prime minister Gilani, the Iranian government was sending to Pakistan two plane loads of relief goods on September 12.
Foreign minister Khar thanked her Iranian counterpart for the immediate response to the disaster.
The two ministers, as a follow up to their recent meeting in Islamabad, held substantive discussions on bilateral issues and measures to strengthen bilateral economic ties. They also discussed the global and regional situation with particular focus on peace and stability in Afghanistan.
Interior Minister of Iran Mostafa Mohammad Najar on Sunday said Iran will donate $ 100 million for the rehabilitation of the rain affected people of Sindh, while receiving Gilani in Tehran.
(Read: Iran to give $100 million for rain-affected in Sindh)
He said Iran will donate $100 million which he will announce during his visit to Pakistan for the rehabilitation of the rain victims in brotherly country of Pakistan.
The Prime Minister thanked the government and people of Iran for their generous assistance and for feeling suffering of the people of Pakistan.