Iranian official hails strategic ties with Pakistan, improving cooperation

Iranian Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Hossein Zolfaqari urged the Pakistani officials to boost security at the joint border line between the two countries.

The official stressed that Pakistan should not permit outlaw groups to carry out any action against Iran from the Pakistani territory. 80 percent of drug is trafficked from Pakistan into Iran, he said, according to Iranian official news agency IRNA
Zolfaqari said that during the consultations between the Iranian and Afghan officials, the Pakistani side promised to prevent construction of outlaw groups’ bases in their soil.
Iran and Pakistan have strategic relations and their cooperation is improving, he noted.
Zolfaqari added that if necessary, the two sides will hold joint maneuvers.
Five border guards were released and the efforts for liberating the rest of them would continue, he said.