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Pakistani PM meets Iranian VP in Tehran

Iran Materials 11 May 2014 15:08 (UTC +04:00)
Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif met with Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri in Tehran.
Pakistani PM meets Iranian VP in Tehran

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 11

By Fatih Karimov - Trend:

Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif met with Iranian First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri in Tehran.

Nawaz Sharif arrived in Tehran today on a two-day official visit at the invitation of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Iran's IRNA news agency reported on May 11.

The Pakistani premier will focus on the improvement of economic ties with Iran during his visit to the Islamic Republic.

Several memorandums of understanding and agreements for cooperation in different sectors will be signed by the two countries during the visit.

Sharif's visit to Tehran would be his first since the formation of new governments in the two neighboring countries.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani won Iran's 11th presidential election last June. Sharif also became Pakistan's premier for the third time through general elections in June 2013.

In her weekly press conference in Islamabad on Thursday, Pakistan's Foreign Office spokeswoman, Tasnim Aslam, said Sharif's visit to Iran will help further enhancement of cooperation between Tehran and Islamabad.

"We are looking forward to the visit of the prime minister and his meetings with the Iranian leadership. We hope that this would be very constructive and would open up more avenues of cooperation between our two countries," Aslam added.

She further said Sharif would discuss economic cooperation as well as issues of common interest during his visit to Tehran.

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