ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Senate Standing Committee for Defence said that re-election of Hassan Rouhani as the new president of Iran is good news for Pakistan adding that bilateral ties between the two countries are expected to further improve in the future.
Rouhani won a landslide victory winning 23,549,616 votes out of 41,220,131 and was re-elected in the 12th round of Iranian presidential election.
In an interview with IRNA, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed added that strong ties between Tehran and Islamabad are in the interest of both countries and in the interest of the region.
“We in Pakistan welcome the re-election of Rouhani who is a seasoned statesman and a very good friend of Pakistan he noted.
The senator added ‘Rouhani has visited Pakistan twice in last one year and we would want that under his leadership Pak-Iran relations are further strengthened and all misunderstandings if any are removed because Pak-Iran relations are in the interest of both countries and in the interest of peace, security and stability of the region where both the neighbours are located.’
