ISLAMABAD, Oct 25 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday said that those involved in the heinous terrorist attack in Sistan Province of Iran were the enemies of both the countries who did not want relations between them to flourish.He said that such incidents should not be allowed to cast their shadow on the friendly relations existing between Pakistan and Iran.The President said this while talking to Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Muhammad Najjar and his delegation who called on him at the Presidency Sunday afternoon.
Those who attended the meeting included Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik, Secretary General to the President M. Salman Faruqui, Secretary Foreign affairs, Secretary Interior and senior officials. The Iranian ambassador in Pakistan Mashallah Shakeri and members of the Iranian minister’s delegation were also present.
The President said that the whole region is facing the common enemy of militancy. He urged for a joint strategy and mutual cooperation to curb violent extremism.
The President while offering condolences and sympathies to the government and people of Iran for the loss of precious lives in the Sistan attack said that Pakistan will extend all possible cooperation to help track down and punish the terrorists behind the Sistan attack which is a crime against humanity.
The President stressed for more coordinated intelligence cooperation between the two sides to forestall the efforts of those elements that seek to create misgivings between the two countries.
He expressed the hope that bilateral cooperative projects between the two countries will continue as before and will not be impacted adversely by the incident.
The President while appreciating Iran’s contribution of US $330 million at the Friends of Democratic Pakistan Forum said that Pakistan highly values its close brotherly ties with Iran.
The Iranian Interior Minister thanked the President for Pakistan’s offer of cooperation to track down the terrorists.
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Russia's Putin warns against sanctions on Iran
BEIJING: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned major powers on Wednesday against intimidating Iran and said talk of sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear programme was "premature".
Putin, who many diplomats, analysts, and Russian citizens believe is still Russia's paramount leader despite stepping down as president last year, was speaking after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Moscow for two days of talks.
"There is no need to frighten the Iranians," Putin told reporters in Beijing after a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
"We need to look for a compromise. If a compromise is not found, and the discussions end in a fiasco, then we will see."
"And if now, before making any steps (towards holding talks) we start announcing some sanctions, then we won't be creating favourable conditions for them (talks) to end positively. This is why it is premature to talk about this now."
Clinton failed to secure any specific assurances from Russia on Iran during her visit, leaving her open to criticism at home that she had not received anything from Moscow after earlier U.S. concessions on missile defence.
Iranian, Russian, French, U.S. and U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency officials will meet in Vienna on Oct. 19 to discuss how to implement a plan agreed in principle at talks in Geneva for low-grade Iranian uranium to be enriched overseas to a purity suitable for nuclear reactors but not weapons.
The Geneva talks on Oct. 1 also produced Iranian agreement for international inspectors to visit a second enrichment plant now under construction near Qom. Apparent Iranian concession reduced pressure for a widening of economic sanctions some analysts said could be extended to the oil and gas industry.
Putin, who many diplomats, analysts, and Russian citizens believe is still Russia's paramount leader despite stepping down as president last year, was speaking after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Moscow for two days of talks.
"There is no need to frighten the Iranians," Putin told reporters in Beijing after a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
"We need to look for a compromise. If a compromise is not found, and the discussions end in a fiasco, then we will see."
"And if now, before making any steps (towards holding talks) we start announcing some sanctions, then we won't be creating favourable conditions for them (talks) to end positively. This is why it is premature to talk about this now."
Clinton failed to secure any specific assurances from Russia on Iran during her visit, leaving her open to criticism at home that she had not received anything from Moscow after earlier U.S. concessions on missile defence.
Iranian, Russian, French, U.S. and U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency officials will meet in Vienna on Oct. 19 to discuss how to implement a plan agreed in principle at talks in Geneva for low-grade Iranian uranium to be enriched overseas to a purity suitable for nuclear reactors but not weapons.
The Geneva talks on Oct. 1 also produced Iranian agreement for international inspectors to visit a second enrichment plant now under construction near Qom. Apparent Iranian concession reduced pressure for a widening of economic sanctions some analysts said could be extended to the oil and gas industry.
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