Pakistan
PM cancels Iran go to over well being considerations, Deputy PM attends swearing-in ceremony for subsequent president
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to attend the inauguration of Iran’s subsequent president.
Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 08:44:02 PKT
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday cancelled his go to to Iran and all political actions as his medical doctors suggested him to take full relaxation on account of well being points.
Prime Minister Shehbaz was scheduled to go to Tehran right now (Tuesday) to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s subsequent president, Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian.
Sources mentioned all of Shehbaz’s appointments for Tuesday have been cancelled.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will lead a Pakistani delegation to Iran.
According to an announcement launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the go to is a sworn statement of the willpower of the 2 nations to boost leadership-level engagement and bilateral cooperation.
Meanwhile, Iran’s state information company IRNA reported that greater than 2,500 friends, together with senior state and army officers, heads of non secular and educational establishments and professors, representatives of varied sectors, households of martyrs and international ambassadors in Tehran, are anticipated to attend the ceremony.
State media additionally reported that 70 international delegations from completely different nations and worldwide organisations would attend the swearing-in ceremony.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally recognised Pezechkian because the ninth president of Iran following a shock normal election the day gone by.
Pezeshkian, a 69-year-old coronary heart surgeon, was elected president on July 6. The election was held after President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in May.
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