{"id":133537,"date":"2026-09-21T21:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=133537"},"modified":"2026-09-21T22:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:01:40","slug":"tehran-lauds-pakistans-efforts-for-regional-peace-as-naqvi-meets-iranian-counterpart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/133537\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehran lauds Pakistan&#8217;s efforts for regional peace as Naqvi meets Iranian counterpart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TEHRAN(National Times)- Iran on Monday thanked Pakistan\u2019s military and civilian leadership for its efforts for regional peace and stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development came as Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who headed to Tehran earlier in the day, met with Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the interior ministry, the two exchanged views on \u201cPakistan-Iran bilateral relations and the latest situation in the region\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement said the Iranian minister thanked Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for their efforts towards advancing peace in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are grateful for Pakistan\u2019s continuous efforts to establish peace in the region,\u201d Momeni was cited as saying, adding that the visit from the Pakistani side was \u201cbeneficial\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministers also reviewed progress on the ongoing cooperation between their interior ministries in various sectors, the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naqvi, meanwhile, said that \u201cbilateral relations will become even stronger\u201d between Pakistan and Iran in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Iranian media outlets reported that Naqvi had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2031602\/interior-minister-naqvi-arrives-in-tehran-for-official-visit\">arrived<\/a> in Tehran and was received at the airport by Momeni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naqvi\u2019s visit to Tehran comes as Pakistan continues its diplomatic efforts to rescue the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2008730\/pm-says-us-iran-have-signed-deal-electronically-iran-to-instantly-reopen-hormuz-us-to-immediately-lift-blockade\"><u>signed<\/u><\/a> in July between the United States and Iran and intended to end the conflict that began with US-Israeli attacks on Iran in late February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Pakistan has been pivotal in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2013076\">facilitating<\/a> talks and the interim ceasefire over the course of the conflict, Iranian state broadcaster <em>IRIB<\/em> cited the country\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2031165\">saying<\/a> on Saturday that Naqvi\u2019s visit would \u201cfocus on bilateral relations, and there is no plan to exchange any specific messages regarding mediation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July, Naqvi met with Momeni as the latter undertook an official visit to Pakistan, where the two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2017481\/pakistan-ready-to-extend-cooperation-with-iran-in-all-fields-naqvi-tells-iranian-counterpart\">reviewed<\/a> bilateral relations, trade, regional developments and avenues for cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN(National Times)- Iran on Monday thanked Pakistan\u2019s military and civilian leadership for its efforts for regional peace and stability. The development came as Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who headed to Tehran earlier in the day, met with Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni. According to the interior ministry, the two exchanged views on \u201cPakistan-Iran bilateral relations and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tehran lauds Pakistan&#039;s efforts for regional peace as Naqvi meets Iranian counterpart - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/133537\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tehran lauds Pakistan&#039;s efforts for regional peace as Naqvi meets Iranian counterpart - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TEHRAN(National Times)- Iran on Monday thanked Pakistan\u2019s military and civilian leadership for its efforts for regional peace and stability. 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