TEHRAN (Iran News) The visit, initiated by an invitation from Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, sought to express gratitude for the support of the Pakistani government and people, while also addressing economic, cultural, and security cooperation.

Ghalibaf emphasized Pakistan’s strategic importance to Iran, highlighting complementary trade and deep cultural ties. He noted that Pakistan’s geographical position could serve as a bridge connecting Iran to East Asia and beyond.

During his visit, Ghalibaf met with high-ranking officials, including the president, prime minister, and military officials, to discuss key issues such as increasing bilateral trade to $10 billion, improving infrastructure for trade facilitation, and enhancing border security.

The warmth of the Pakistani public’s reception, particularly during a Friday prayer event in Karachi, underscored the deep-rooted brotherhood between the two nations, Ghalibaf noted.

The Iranian parliament speaker expressed hope that continued collaboration would pave the way for a brighter future for both countries, reinforcing their shared Islamic values and mutual support in overcoming challenges.

According to Ghalibaf, this visit marks a pivotal step in solidifying the alliance between Iran and Pakistan.

Ghalibaf emphasized Pakistan’s strategic importance to Iran, highlighting complementary trade and deep cultural ties. He noted that Pakistan’s geographical position could serve as a bridge connecting Iran to East Asia and beyond.

During his visit, Ghalibaf met with high-ranking officials, including the president, prime minister, and military officials, to discuss key issues such as increasing bilateral trade to $10 billion, improving infrastructure for trade facilitation, and enhancing border security.

The warmth of the Pakistani public’s reception, particularly during a Friday prayer event in Karachi, underscored the deep-rooted brotherhood between the two nations, Ghalibaf noted.

The Iranian parliament speaker expressed hope that continued collaboration would pave the way for a brighter future for both countries, reinforcing their shared Islamic values and mutual support in overcoming challenges.

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Chung also met with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian parliament speaker. The talks mainly focused on ways to release the Iranian assets frozen in South Korean banks.

During the meeting, Larijani welcomed the prime minister of South Korea and stressed the need to develop relations between the two countries in various fields.

Larijani also pointed to the blocked funds in South Korea, saying, “Our resources are entrusted to your country’s banks and your government should try to be trustworthy in this matter.”

The advisor to the Supreme Leader added, “Our resources should be released as soon as possible so that it does not adversely affect the relations between the two countries.”

Prime Minister Chung, while expressing satisfaction with his meeting with Larijani, promised that his government will seek to find an immediate solution for the release of Iranian resources.

He also stressed the need to develop long-term relations between the two countries in all fields.

“Nations know their friends in difficult days”

In the separate meeting with Chung, Ghalibaf harshly critiqued foreign policies followed by South Korea.

Pointing out that the relations between Iran and South Korea should return to pre-2018, Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf said, “Nations know their friends in difficult days. Therefore, the expectations of the Iranian people from South Korea have not been met.”

He said, “We believe that the vast, ancient and historical continent of Asia has a lot of potential. Therefore, expanding convergence among Asian countries is an important strategy in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I believe that Asian countries should pay attention to the issue of convergence and be at the forefront of world peace and progress by prioritizing comprehensive cooperation, including industry, technology and culture.”

Referring to the good relations that the two sides enjoyed prior to the illegal sanctions on Iran and expressing satisfaction with the visit of the prime minister’s visit to Tehran, Galibaf said, “Unfortunately, South Korea currently has no place in Iran’s foreign economic relations. In other words, economic and political relations, which were at the highest levels, have declined.”

South Korean firms, including LG and Samsung, left Iran after Donald Trump, the former U.S. president, quit the 2015 nuclear deal in May 2018 and imposed illegal sanctions on Tehran.

“If your ambassador in the Tehran Grand Bazaar asks people what has been the behavior of South Korea since 2018, he will realize that this behavior is not acceptable at all and the mentality of the people towards your country is negative,” Ghalibaf remarked.

The senior lawmaker said that all the nations in the world, especially the civilized and cultured nation of Iran, have come to know their friends in difficult days, seriously criticizing the action of Korean banks in blocking Iran’s access to its foreign currencies.

“We expect from you to provide immediate and practical solutions to solve the problem of Iran’s currencies and free our blocked funds,” the speaker pointed out.

Ghalibaf noted, “The expectation of the Iranian people has not been met by South Korea; even businessmen with good relations with South Korea are dissatisfied with the practice.”

However, the senior MP called the Korean prime minister’s visit to Tehran an appropriate step to improve the relations between the two countries.

“You are an experienced person in the field of politics and macro-management of the country. Therefore, you must see and understand the effects of the failure of Trump’s maximum pressure policy,” Ghalibaf added.

He said, “I believe that no issue can hinder a good cooperation between the two countries, including in humanitarian areas, medical issues such as COVID-19, supply of basic goods, etc. I hope this visit will help resume political, economic and cultural cooperation between the two countries in the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relationship. I hope this cooperation will be done at the best level.”

In the end, the speaker of the parliament called for parliamentary diplomacy and Iran’s parliamentary cooperation with the Korean Parliament. “This cooperation can lead to the development of relations between the two countries.”

He also invited the speaker of the Korean Parliament to visit Tehran.

For his part, Chung said he was the first South Korean prime minister to visit Iran in 44 years.

“Of course, in the past years, I visited Iran as the speaker of the parliament, and I met with high-ranking Iranian officials, so I hope this trip will be the resumption of good relations with Iran,” Chung said.

Pointing out that the next year coincides with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Iran and South Korea, the prime minister said, “In the Korean culture, the numbers 60 and 70 are important, so next year could be the beginning of good relations between the two countries.”

Referring to the good historical relations between the two countries, the top South Korean official added, “Undoubtedly, the visits of the officials of the two countries have led to the preservation of these relations; but unfortunately, from 2018 onwards, the relations between the two countries faced obstacles, which we are trying to remove.”

While confirming the words of the speaker of the parliament that the next century is the century of Asia, Chung continued, “Accordingly, I believe that Iran and South Korea, as two Asian countries, should maintain and strengthen their relations.”

Stating that a number of South Korean economic and political officials are accompanying him in the visit to Iran to find solutions for problems created in relations between the two countries, he said, “Considering the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran in South Korea’s foreign relations, every effort will be made to overcome problems.”

Prime Minister Chung also expressed hope that Ghalibaf would accept the invitation of the speaker of the Korean Parliament to visit Seoul.

“Such a trip can be the beginning of new relations between the two countries and will help solve problems,” he pointed out.

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“Enemies of Syria, Iran and the resistance axis were desperate because of their failure in their terrorist and military war against Syria, so they moved to impose economic and coercive unilateral sanctions, and this is evidence to their failure in their plots,” Iranian Parliament Speaker said on Monday in a meeting with Syrian Ambassador to Iran Adnan Mahmoud, SANA reported.

Syria has always been and will remain on the front line of the resistance axis, he added, reaffirming Iran’s continued support for the Arab country.

For his part, Mahmoud congratulated Qalibaf on his election as the speaker of the Iranian Parliament, stressing the importance of enhanced ties between the two nations, in the field economy in particular.

Recently, the US State Department and the Treasury said 39 Syrian individuals, including President Bashar al-Assad and his wife, had been designated for a load of new economic and travel sanctions.

The law, known as the Caesar Act, places anyone who does business with the 39 named individuals and government entities in the crosshairs of the US Treasury.

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A group of top Iranian military commanders held a meeting with Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf on Monday.

In the gathering, Qalibaf affirmed the Parliament’s commitment to strengthening the Armed Forces, adding, “We hope that with cordial cooperation between the Parliament and the Armed Forces, the country’s defense demands and requirements in the field of ratification of effectual laws would be met.”

For his part, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the new Parliament includes many veterans and reliable forces, expressing hope that the new MPs would resolve many outstanding issues.

The top general also called for a reform of the law on using guns after 26 years, and a revision of the law on compulsory military service.

Qalibaf, himself a war veteran and a former commander of the Iranian Police, was elected speaker of the new Iranian Parliament on May 28.

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