HUGE! Iran President Ebrahim Raisi refuse to support Pakistan on Kashmir issue
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Islamabad, April 23: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is on a visit to Pakistan to mend the strained ties between the two countries months after airstrikes were carried out against terrorist hideouts in Pakistan.
During the joint press conference, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif raised the Kashmir issue with visiting Iran President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday and thanked him for ‘supporting’ Pakistan’s stand on Kashmir. However, in an apparent snub, the Iranian president decided to skip any mention of the Kashmir issue during his statement to the media following the meeting with Shehbaz Sharif.
Ebrahim Raisi instead raised the Palestine issue and how Iran has continued to support those fighting against oppression.
Both countries have accused each other of providing haven to terror groups. In January this year, Iran launched airstrikes against terrorist hideouts in the Balochistan province. Retaliating to the missile attack, Pakistan sent killer drones and rockets to carry out “precision military strikes" against “terrorist hideouts" in Siestan-Balochistan province of Iran. Both countries, however, restrained from escalating the tensions.
Significant. President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran while speaking with Prime Minister of Pakistan in Islamabad DID NOT raise the Kashmir issue. This is a departure from Iran’s long term public stance. Pakistan Govt and ISI hawks would be terribly upset over this change in stance. https://t.co/1fpc2V4tvp
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) April 22, 2024
What did Iran and Pakistan talk about?
Shehbaz Sharif and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi decided to work together to end terrorism while they deliberated how to foster cooperation between their nations. Iranian President Raisi stated during a joint news conference that the current level of bilateral commerce between Iran and Pakistan is “not acceptable” and that the two countries have decided to raise it to USD 10 billion.
President Raisi said, “We are committed to strengthening relations at the highest levels. The Economic and trade volume between Iran and Pakistan is not acceptable. We have decided as a first step to increase trade volume between our two countries to $10 billion."
Shehbaz Sharif said, “We have to keep this relationship strong despite the challenges we both face. Pakistan and Iran can prosper and our borders can see progress." He also raised the Kashmir issue during talks with the Iranian which were not returned by the Iranian President.