TEHRAN – Iranian First Deputy Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi said on Friday that regular exchange of visits between judicial officials of Iran and Pakistan will definitely promote bilateral cooperation. 

 

Raeisi, at the head of an Iranian delegation, arrived in Islamabad on Friday to participate in a three-day international judicial conference which started on April 13 and will run until April 15.

 

The conference is attended by jurists, judges, and legal experts from Afghanistan, South Africa, Australia, France, India, Maldives, the United States, and Britain as well as judges of Supreme Court of Pakistan, provincial high courts, and members of the Bar Council of Pakistan. 

 

Speaking to the Persian service of IRNA, Raeisi said that the conference will discuss various issues including international campaign against terrorism and illicit drugs as well as cyber crimes. 

 

He expressed hope that the Iranian delegation’s trip would enhance cooperation between Tehran and Islamabad in judicial sector. 

 

Raeisi described relations between the two countries as close and said that Iran and Pakistan are bound by historical ties and have common cultural roots.