“So far as Pakistan is anxious, not one of the residents of a pleasant and brotherly nation, Pakistan, have been focused by Iranian missiles and drones,” Overseas Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian stated on the sidelines of the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland.
“The goal was the so-called Jaish al-Adl group, which is an Iranian terrorist group,” he added.
The raid got here late Tuesday following Tehran additionally carried out strikes in Iraq and Syria in opposition to what it stated had been “anti-Iranian terrorist teams”.
Pakistan condemned the strike close to their shared border, recalled its ambassador from Iran and prevented Tehran’s envoy from returning to Islamabad.
A number of hours earlier than the assault, Pakistan’s interim Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (Anwaar Haq Kakar) met H. Amir-Abdollahian on the sidelines of the Davos Discussion board.
Amir-Abdollahian stated the Iranian assault on Pakistani territory was in response to latest lethal assaults by the Jaish al-Adl group within the Shiite republic, notably in Rask, situated within the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan.
A policeman was killed in an assault on the town’s police station on January 10, almost a month following 11 cops had been killed in an analogous assault within the space.
Duty for each assaults was claimed by the Sunni Muslim extremist group Jaish al Adl, which was established in 2012 and is blacklisted by Iran.
“The group has taken refuge in components of Pakistan’s Balochistan province,” Amir-Abdollahian stated, including that “we’ve got spoken to Pakistani officers a number of occasions regarding this.”
The international minister stated Iran respects Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, however “is not going to enable the nation’s nationwide safety to be compromised or performed with.”
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2024-06-23 12:42:38
