Pakistan and Iran wave their white flags after days of tension and mutual bombing
Both Iran and Pakistan expressed their desire to reduce tensions between them this Friday, January 19, and called for mutual cooperation, several days after they exchanged drone and missile attacks that killed a dozen people, including several children. Were killed.
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One less tension factor in the Middle East, the leaders of Iran and Pakistan promise. This Friday, both Tehran and Islamabad showed their intention to establish peaceful relations, after days of maximum tension between the two countries, with cross-border attacks on their territories.
A statement from the office of Pakistan’s interim Prime Minister, Anwar ul Haq Kakkar, assured that the two countries “can resolve minor differences through dialogue and diplomacy and pave the way for further deepening of their historic ties.” Can.”
The letter, issued after the president’s emergency meeting with the country’s security committee on Thursday, said any attempt to violate Pakistan’s territory “will be responded to with the full power of the state” and calls for using existing communications with Iran. Was called for. channel regarding security concerns.
On the other hand, Pakistani Foreign Ministry said that the head of the portfolio Jalil Abbas Jilani has spoken to his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdullahia.
“Minister Jilani expressed Pakistan’s willingness to work with Iran on all issues based on the spirit of mutual trust and cooperation,” an official statement said.
The detention came after a call between Jilani and his Turkish counterpart in which Pakistan said it had “no interest or desire to escalate.” Along the same lines, the country’s embassy in Iran said this Friday: “Pakistan has always been with Iran in good and bad times. Cooperation between the two countries is important for peace and stability.”
In recent times, both countries have exchanged drone and missile strikes against terrorist targets in each other’s territory. This was the highest cross-border incursion between the two countries in recent years and comes amid heightened tensions in the region due to the ongoing war in Gaza and tensions in the Red Sea.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran follows the policy of good neighborliness”
The night before, the Iranian Foreign Ministry had issued a statement condemning Pakistan’s “disproportionate and unacceptable” attack on its territory, which killed ten people, although it expressed a desire for immediate reconciliation:
The Foreign Ministry indicated, “The Islamic Republic of Iran adheres to the policy of good neighborliness and brotherhood between the two countries and the governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan.”
Just a day earlier, on January 18, Pakistan carried out attacks against Iran that killed ten people, including four minors, in a border town, according to Iranian government reports. Meanwhile, Pakistan said two children were killed in an Iranian attack on its territory on Monday.
In the last days, Pakistan had recalled its ambassador to Tehran And amid the crisis, the Iranian ambassador was not allowed to return to Pakistani territory.
On his part, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had called on both sides to end hostilities.
What was involved in the attacks on both sides of the border?
Both governments assured that their attacks had military targets.
On the one hand, Islamabad said it had attacked positions of the separatist Balochi Liberation Front and Balochi Liberation Army, while Tehran claimed that its drones and missiles targeted terrorists of the Jaish al-Adl (JAA) group.
On Tuesday, Tehran attacked JAA’s “barracks and headquarters”, alleging an “imminent terrorist threat” against the Persian country’s population. Although Iran said it happened in an area located kilometers away from residential areas, Islamabad assured that two minors had died, summoned its ambassador to the Iranian capital for consultations and barred the return of the Iranian representative to Pakistani territory. Planted it, which was far away. Tehran.
JAA is a militant group with Sunni Islamist leanings, viewed as a threat by predominantly Shia Tehran. The group is accused of having ties to the self-proclaimed Islamic State and carrying out attacks against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
After receiving information about the attack, Pakistan said on Thursday that it has bombed the positions of rebel groups in Iran.
Although both countries have now shown their white flags, Pakistan has called a National Security Committee meeting this Friday in which interim Prime Minister and Army Chief Asim Munir is expected to be present to monitor the situation.
During the week, Iran also carried out strikes against Syrian territory, confirming that among its targets were the presence of self-proclaimed Islamic State members, and against Iraq, where it said it struck an Israeli spy center. Was.
With Reuters and EFE
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