Promotion of ties with Pakistan cornerstone of Iran policy: Envoy

ISLAMABAD - Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini on Tuesday said that promotion of relations with Pakistan was a cornerstone of the foreign policy of his country. 

In his message on the 42nd anniversary of the Iranian revolution, he said the value and importance of the friendly and brotherly neighbouring country of Pakistan had increased more than ever and had become one of the priorities in the foreign policy of the Tehran government. 

The envoy said friendship between Pakistan and Iran would last forever. Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini also congratulated people of Pakistan and around the world on the auspicious occasion of Iranian Revolution. 

The Ambassador said that Iran had emphatically extended the hand of peace and friendship to all free and right-seeking nations in the region and beyond. 

“Thanks to the grace and blessings of God Almighty and endeavours of the valiant and resilient people of Iran, the tree of revolution is today more robust than any time before and the Islamic Iran is witnessing exemplary self-reliant growth and development; A development, that is based on the might of its women and men in all the fields from science to technology,” he said. 

Ambassador Hosseini said the Iranian people were firmly and zealously following the Islamic Revolution ideals, founded by its main theorist Imam Khomeini, and every year delightedly celebrate the anniversary of their country’s liberation from tyranny. 

“Today, four decades after the Islamic Revolution, we are witnessing that the people of Iran, especially Iranian youth, with a serious determination to progress and firm believe to the values of Islamic principles, strive for the betterment and prosperity of their country and stand against unilateralism and external pressure as well as corruption, and injustice. This determination has created a bright and hopeful horizon for our dear Iran,” Ambassador Hosseini said. 

He said: “I emphasise that the Islamic Republic of Iran has extended the hand of peace and friendship to all free and right-seeking nations in the region and beyond, and calls for the realisation of true human dignity related values. The Islamic Republic of Iran is encouraging materialisation of this ideal and pursuing common interests in the region and the world.” 

After the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ambassador Hosseini said, the value and importance of the friendly and brotherly neighbouring country of Pakistan had increased more than ever, and the promotion of relations became one of the priorities in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

 

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