WANA (Jun 23) – Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian after the president arrived in Islamabad and settled at his residence in the Pakistani capital.

 

Munir was accompanied by General Asim Malik, Pakistan’s National Security Adviser and Director-General of the country’s military intelligence agency. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam, also attended the meeting.

 

President Pezeshkian arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday at the head of a high-level delegation and was officially welcomed at Nur Khan Air Base by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

 

The reception ceremony was attended by senior Pakistani officials and members of the Iranian delegation and was broadcast live on Pakistan’s state television and other news networks.

 

Pakistani authorities organized a special welcome ceremony for the Iranian president. As Pezeshkian’s aircraft entered Pakistani airspace and approached the airport, fighter jets from the Pakistan Air Force conducted an honorary escort flight in recognition of the visit.

 

As part of the official reception, a 21-gun salute was also fired in honor of the high-level Iranian delegation.

 

The meeting between Pakistan’s army chief and the Iranian president comes amid continued diplomatic engagement between Tehran and Islamabad, as the two neighbors have sought to strengthen cooperation in political, security, and economic fields in recent months.