Pakistan, Iran leaders reaffirm ties in COP31 meeting

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian met on the sidelines of the COP31 UN climate summit in Turkey's Antalya on Wednesday, reaffirming the "deep and enduring bonds between Pakistan and Iran".

“Dialogue, restraint, de-escalation and sustained diplomacy are the only path to lasting peace,” Sharif said in a post on X, adding that “building on the understandings reached under the Islamabad MoU, Pakistan continues to play a sincere and constructive role for peace and stability in the region and beyond.”

Delighted to meet my dear brother, President Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian, on the sidelines of #COP31 in Antalya today. We reaffirmed the deep and enduring bonds between Pakistan and Iran, rooted in centuries of shared history, culture and faith, and agreed to further strengthen our cooperation.