Iran FM urges Pakistan to ensure border security after terrorist attack

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian calls for the promotion of bilateral cooperation with Pakistan in order to stop terrorist attacks and ensure security along common borders.

Amir-Abdollahian made the plea in a phone conversation with Pakistani Minister for Foreign Affairs Jalil Abbas Jilani on Monday, following a terrorist attack in southeastern Iran.

Eleven police forces were killed and seven more wounded, some in critically, in the terrorist attack that targeted the police headquarters in Rask County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province on Friday. The so-called Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group, based in Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the assault.

The Iranian foreign minister called on his Pakistani counterpart to designate Jaish-ul-Adl as a terrorist group.

In a statement on Saturday night, members of the UN Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack, calling for the prosecution of the perpetrators and sponsors of such “cowardly” acts of terror.

The world body’s members asserted that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.

Pointing to the continuation of Israel’s war crimes against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Amir-Abdollahian said the Tel Aviv regime has caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation and committed genocide in Gaza.

“It (Israel) once again showed the world that it is not committed to any human and international rules,” the top Iranian diplomat emphasized.

He expressed confidence that the Palestinian people and resistance will be the ultimate winner of the confrontation with Israel.

Israel waged a brutal war on Gaza after Hamas carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

Since the start of the onslaught, Israel has killed at least 19,453 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 52,286 others.

Thousands more are also missing and presumed dead under the rubble in Gaza, which is under “complete siege” by Israel.

For his part, the Pakistani foreign minister expressed concern over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the continuation of Israel’s bombardment of innocent civilians.

Iran and Pakistan have a common stance on the need to show full solidarity with the Palestinian people, Jilani said.

He also condemned the terrorist attack on the police station in Rask and offered condolences of the Pakistani government and nation to the bereaved families.

He emphasized that terrorism poses a common dangerous threat to Iran, Pakistan and the entire region, stressing the importance of boosting close cooperation between the two countries to counter the vicious scourge.

The top Pakistani diplomat said Islamabad would spare no efforts to arrest the main perpetrators of the recent terrorist assault in Iran.