Interior minister: Iran welcomes building wall at borders with Pakistan
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Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh
Tehran welcomes Pakistan's proposal to construct a wall at common borders to prevent terrorists' cross-border attacks, Iranian Interior Minister Abdulreza Rahmani Fazli said according to a parliament member.
"The interior minister and members of the commission underlined that Pakistan lacks the capability to build a wall at the borders (but) Iran strongly welcomes construction of a wall at the borders with Pakistan," Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh told FNA on Monday after the Commission's meeting with the interior minister.
He quoted Rahmani Fazli as saying that Iran and Pakistan are after the implementation of security agreements and expanding cooperation.
Falahatpisheh said although Iran is not free to take action by itself against the terrorists in Pakistan, it may adopt the necessary measures if Islamabad continues to neglect the terrorists' free move in its Southern and Western parts and cross-border attacks on Iran.
Earlier on Monday, Pakistan promised to boost security cooperation with Iran, saying that the two neighboring countries are considering fencing the common border with a wall to keep terrorists in check.
“We both are considering fencing the border so that no third party could sabotage the brotherly and friendly relations through any nefarious act,” Army spokesperson and director-general of Inter-Services Public Relation (ISPR) Major General Asif Gafoor said.
Gafoor’s comments came days after a terrorist attack originating in Pakistan martyred 27 members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in southeastern Iran.
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