ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs and National Security, Sartaj Aziz says there is no information of abducted Iranian Border Guards being brought to Pakistan.
In an interview on Geo News programme ‘Jirga,’ Aziz said Iran was leveling allegations against Pakistan but was not providing any evidence pertaining to the guards being brought to Pakistan.
Aziz added that if the need arose Pakistan was willing to conduct a joint operation with Iran. “If there is information it should be shared with us.”
Iran claims five border guards were abducted by militants and brought to Pakistan and one from the group has been executed.
On Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani discussed the issue in a telephone call with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
In the weekly Foreign Office briefing on Thursday, Spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said authorities had combed Pakistani territory in search of the missing Iranian guards, however, there were no clues that they were in Pakistan.
The spokesperson said the Iranian guards went missing at least 5-10 kilometers inside Sistan and an organization, Jaish-ul-Adl, claimed the responsibility for the missing guards.
Aslam added Pakistan will extend all possible cooperation to Iran for the recovery of these guards.
Kidnapped Iranian Border Guards not in Pakistan by GeoNews
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