Islamabad: Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan on Friday signed joint communiqué as they concluded trilateral summit on regional issues, with Pakistani president assuring Tehran of its support against any foreign aggression.
Speaking at a joint news conference, the three presidents spoke of issues ranging from regional cooperation, stability and decreasing trust deficit to foreign intervention.
Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari assured his Iranian counterpart that Pakistan would not give up Pak-Iran gas deal on foreign pressure.
“Pakistan and Iran are inter-dependent and between both the countries will not be undermined,” Zardari said. He also spoke of drug trafficking, saying drug smuggling was a source of fund for terrorism and it had been continued since Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and during cold war era.
Speaking on the occasion, Iranian President Mehmud Ahmadinejad said that the region was not facing problems of its own rather disputes were imposed.
He said that meeting agreed to address the problems jointly. “Efforts are being put up to resolve differences and problems between the three countries,” he said.
Nejad said foreign intervention would not be allowed in the region. He said that it was agreed that a strong mechanism would be adopt to address the problems.
“Pakistan and Iran are tied in cultural and social bonds,” the Iranian president added.
“As far as recognition of opportunities and problems is concerned Pakistan and Afghanistan are much aware” Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
He said that Islamabad and Kabul were more closed than Washington. Karzai said that the trilateral summit helped the three countries understand views of each other. He said that the next trilateral meeting would be held in Kabul.
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