Tehran Times
TEHRAN -– Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari stated that the terrorist group Jundullah is the common enemy of Iran and Pakistan.
Zardari made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar on Sunday.
Commenting on the recent terror attacks in the southeastern Province of Sistan-Balouchestan by Jundullah which is also known as the Rigi group, because it is led by Abdul-Malek Rigi, the Pakistani president pointed out “Such terror acts cannot disturb the close and friendly ties between Tehran and Islamabad.”
Zardari added, “Islamabad is completely ready to uproot terrorism in the region and especially to detain the members of the Rigi group.”
On Sunday October 18, a terrorist attack killed over 40 people, including five senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, in Sistan-Balouchestan.
Jundullah claimed responsibility for the attack, which was carried out in the city of Pishin, near the border with Pakistan.
The IRGC commanders were on their way to a meeting with local elders of the Shia and Sunni communities when the terrorists carried out the attack.
IRGC Ground Forces Deputy Commander Nour-Ali Shoushtari and Sistan-Baluchestan Province IRGC Commander Rajab-Ali Mohammadzadeh were among those who lost their lives in the attack.
“Extremism is a serious impediment in the way of the expansion of regional cooperation between countries because the enemies cannot tolerate the close ties among the nations and the governments,” the Pakistani president noted.
He also expressed his gratitude to the Islamic Republic of Iran for the $330 million aid to Pakistan.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Pakistani president stated that Pakistan is seriously pursuing the case of the Iranian diplomat Heshmatollah Attarzadeh who was kidnapped in Peshawar in February 2008.
The Iranian interior minister, for his part, stated Iranian officials are determined to strengthen bilateral ties with Pakistan, adding, “We seriously urge the Pakistani president and administration to detect and detain the terrorist elements who travel back and forth to Pakistan and carry out terror acts against Iran.”
Najjar added that the borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran have always been stable and highly secure for Pakistan and that Iran mutually has higher expectations from Islamabad in this regard.
He also expressed hope that agreements of the negotiations between the Pakistani officials and the Iranian delegation are materialized soon.
At the end of his three-day visit, the Iranian interior minister and the accompanying delegation returned home on Sunday
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