Pakistan Eyeing Expansion of Ties with Iran

"Pakistan is seeking enhancement of amicable ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Khan said on Friday.

The Pakistani prime minister underlined that Islamabad is looking for establishment of friendly relation with all its neighbors.

Khan, meantime, pointed to the spread of war, violation and tension in some Middle Eastern countries, and said, "Pakistan strongly backs peace and is ready to play an important role in this respect."

In a relevant development on Thursday, Pakistani Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Faisal renewed his country's support for the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the world powers in Vienna in July 2015.

"Unilateral withdrawal and arbitrary rescinding of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) would undermine the confidence of the international community in dialogue and diplomacy," Faisal said, addressing a weekly press briefing.

He underlined that the Iranian nuclear deal, also known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), represents a good example of negotiated settlement of a complex issue through dialogue and diplomacy.

“Unilateral withdrawal and arbitrary rescinding of the agreement, which was an outcome of a decade long effort of diplomats, would undermine the confidence of the international community in dialogue and diplomacy,” he said.

Earlier Pakistan had called upon all the parties to honor their commitments regarding the implementation of Iran nuclear deal.

The JCPOA stipulates the gradual removal of the West’s sanctions against Iran in exchange for Tehran maintaining a peaceful nature of its nuclear program.

However, US President Donald Trump announced in May the withdrawal of the United States from the 2015 nuclear deal and the reinstating of the first round of sanctions in August.

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