Why is Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi visiting Pakistan?
Top Pakistani officials will meet with Raisi in an effort to improve commerce and settle border disputes.
Days after Iran and Israel launched strikes against one another, raising the possibility that the Gaza war will turn into a regional battle, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is in Pakistan for a three-day visit to talk about bilateral and regional relations.
Raisi is expected to meet with Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, as the two neighbors attempt to patch things up following tit-for-tat missile launches in January.
What’s the agenda of the trip?
Raisi landed in Islamabad, the capital, on Monday as the two neighbors work to strengthen their energy, border, and commercial connections.
The Iranian presidential office released a statement on Monday stating, “The Islamic Republic of Iran, in line with the neighbourhood policy… is interested in promoting relations with Pakistan and during this trip, various issues including economic and commercial issues, energy and border issues will be discussed with the government of Pakistan.”
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged for strengthening bilateral relations in a statement released on Sunday.
“The two sides will have a wide-ranging agenda to enhance cooperation in diverse fields including trade, connectivity, energy, agriculture, and people-to-people contacts and further strengthen Pakistan-Iran ties,” the statement read.
According to the statement, the Iranian president will focus on economic and bilateral relations while visiting important cities including Karachi and Lahore.
Raisi’s trip is “an effort to secure an expression of support from Islamabad and Rawalpindi [military leadership] for Iran – as it stumbles deeper into a dangerous conflict with Israel,” according to a written statement provided to Al Jazeera by Mosharraf Zaidi, a partner at advisory services firm Tabadlab and a former adviser to the Foreign Ministry.
According to Zaidi, Iran’s strategic analysts are aware that Pakistan is constrained in its options for how it might participate in the ongoing Middle East conflict by a number of domestic political issues as well as an expanding array of economic demands.
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