Majlis seeks release of kidnapped diplomat in Pakistan

Tehran, April 8, IRNA

Head of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission
Alaeddin Boroujerdi on Tuesday summoned Pakistani ambassador to Tehran
Mohammad Bakhsh Abbasi to seek the immediate release of kidnapped
Iranian diplomat in Pakistan.

According to the Press Bureau of Majlis, at the meeting Boroujerdi
said that public opinion, government and Majlis are very sensitive to
the fate of kidnapped diplomat in Pakistan.

It is expected that the Pakistani government increase its efforts to
obtain the release of kidnapped diplomat to prevent damage to
brotherly ties between the two countries, said the lawmaker.

Enemies of Iran and Pakistan do not desire the two Islamic states to
make use of their huge potentialities in resolving regional issues, he
said adding that close cooperation between the two, as two Muslim and
neighbor states, play significant role in meeting the interests of
both sides.

At the meeting, the Pakistani ambassador, for his part, said that his
government is determined to help release the Iranian diplomat as soon
as possible.

Pakistan has put on priority the release of kidnapped Iranian
diplomat, he underlined.

Pakistani government never lets the enemies harm friendly ties between
the two countries, he said.

Highlighting the importance of expanding ties with Iran, he called for
further bolstering economic cooperation as well as investments on
jointly run projects by the private sectors.