ایران و پاکستان

Pakistan PM arrives in Iran after Saudi visit

Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:31PM

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrives in Tehran on January 19, 2016. ©IRNA

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has

arrived in

Tehran

to hold talks with senior Iranian officials.

Sharif, who is heading a high-ranking

delegation

, was welcomed at Tehran Mehrabad airport

by

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier

General

Hossein Dehqan on Tuesday.

During his day-long stay in Tehran

, Sharif

is scheduled to sit down with

Iranian President

Hassan Rouhani and First Vice President

Es’haq Jahangiri.

Sharif is visiting Iran after making  

an official trip

to Saudi Arabia on Monday.

In Riyadh, Sharif expressed

"deep concern" to

Saudi King Salman over escalating

tensions

between Tehran and Riyadh.

"The prime minister expressed our

deep concern

on the recent escalation of tensions"

 

between Iran

and Saudi Arabia following the January 2

execution of prominent cleric Sheikh

Nimr al-Nimr in Riyadh

, Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesman

Qazi Khalilullah said.