ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday said that Pakistan greatly values its historic relationship with Iran.
In a meeting with the ambassador of Iran to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost at the army’s general headquarters in Rawalpindi, the COAS said that Pakistan-Iran relationship shall continue to be based on mutual trust and respect for each other’s interests.
In a press release, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that during the meeting between the COAS and the Iranian envoy, evolving regional security matrix and other issues of mutual interest were discussed including measures against common threat of terrorism.
The above statement by the COAS come at a time when Iran expressed its serious reservations over the proposed appointment of former Army Chief General (retd) General Raheel Sharif as the head of Saudi-led military alliance.
Separately, General Qamar Javed Bajwa signed execution orders (Black Warrants) of another 30 hardcore terrorists who were awarded death sentence by military courts as the process expedited during Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad.
The ISPR said that these terrorists were involved in committing heinous offences relating to terrorism including attack on Army Public School Peshawar, kidnapping and slaughtering soldiers of Frontier Constabulary (FC), attack on Saidu Sharif Airport, killing of innocent civilians, attacking armed forces of Pakistan and Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).
