Iranian President Pezeshkian, FM Araghchi arrive in Pakistan

Wire excerpt

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday. Pezeshkian is on an official visit to Pakistan at Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s invitation. The Iranian president and foreign minister arrived in Pakistan in separate planes. Pezeshkian flew to the federal capital from Iran, while Araghchi’s last engagement was in Oman. President Pezeshkian, upon his arrival at the Nur Khan airbase, was received by President Asif Ali Zardari, PM Shehbaz, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Iran’s envoy to Islamabad Reza Amiri Moghaddam. FM Araghchi was also present to welcome his president, according to televised footage. Pezeshkian was accorded a 21-gun salute, while fighter jets conducted a flypast in his honour, state-run APP reported. The president waved in response to the children’s welcoming slogans, it added. FM Araghchi meets president, PM FM Araghchi, who was part of the US-Iran talks in Switzerland over the weekend, is also part of Pezeshkian’s delegation. Iran’s state media IRNA reported that the top Iranian diplomat held talks with President Zardari and PM Shehb…