Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi is expected in Pakistan from Monday April 22 to Wednesday April 24. This is his first visit after a brief outbreak of tensions between the two neighbors in January 2024.
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With our correspondent in Tehran, Siavosh Ghazi
Ebrahim Raïssi, accompanied by several ministers and businessmen, is due to meet the Pakistani president and prime minister. He will also visit Lahore, in the east of Pakistan, and in Karachi, the large southern coastal city.
Tehran and Islamabad are increasing signs of relaxation after their relations suddenly deteriorated, when Iran carried out a missile and drone attack on January 16 against a “terrorist” group on Pakistani soil. Pakistan responded two days later by targeting “terrorist hideouts” in Iran. After a few days of disagreement, the two countries finally announced return to normal of their relationships.
At the beginning of the month, around twenty members of the Iranian security forces were killed in the southeast, bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, by a jihadist group based in Pakistan, according to Iranian authorities.
Pakistan also announced the resumption of a major project to build a gas pipeline to supply Iranian gas to Pakistan, despite opposition from the United States.