Pakistan Confirms News On Death Of One Abducted Iranian Borderguard

Islamabad, April 5, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Tasnim Aslam here on Thursday confirmed the news broadcasted last week by terrorist group Jeish ul-Adl on that groupˈs murdering of one of the 5 abducted Iranian border guards. Jaish-ul-Adl terrorists kidnapped five Iranian border guards in Jakigour region in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-and-Balouchestan on February 6 and took them to the Pakistani territory. The terrorists announced on March 23 that they had killed one of the hostages. To a question about the kidnapped Iranian security guards, the Pakistani foreign ministry termed it as an unfortunate incident adding that that Pakistan has condemned booth the kidnapping of the Iranian border guards and and the killing of one of them by Jeish ul-Adl. “We have also expressed sympathy with the family of the victim and we have extended full cooperation to Iran on this issue,ˈ she said. ˈBut Pakistan-Iran relations are larger than that. There is more to these relations than some incident inside Iranian territory or on the border,” she added. Iran has summoned Pakistan’s Ambassador to Tehran Noor Mohammad Jadmani in connection with the announced killing. On October 25, 2013, the same terrorist group had killed 14 Iranian border guards and wounded six others in a border region near the city of Saravan in Sistan-and-Balouchestan Province. Iran and Pakistan signed a security agreement in February 2013, under which both countries are required to cooperate in preventing and combating organized crime, fighting terrorism and countering the activities that pose threats to the national security of either country. Iran has repeatedly called on Pakistan to abide by the terms of the agreement. The issue is expected to be top on Iranian officialsˈ agenda during an upcoming visit by Pakistanˈs President Nawaz Sharifˈs upcoming state visit of Iran./end