President due in Iran on official visit

Foreign Office spokesperson Ms. Tahmina Janjua giving details of the visit said President Zardari will call on the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and hold meetings with Iranian President Ahmadinejad. She said this is an important visit integral to Pakistan’s ongoing efforts to deepen engagements with a brotherly neighbours.The spokesperson said the visit of President Zardari to Iran also aimed at widening horizons of multidimensional cooperation and an essential part of Pakistan’s reach-out to regional states for continuous consultations coordination and cooperation on issues of stability and peace in a period of uncertainty and turbulence in regional affairs.She said, “Pakistan attaches special significance to joining efforts of immediate neighbours in an endeavour to bring peace to Afghanistan and to reversing the tide of terrorism that has afflicted the region.