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Iranian Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari left Tehran Tuesday on a four-day visit to Pakistan to coordinate their stance on the ongoing Afghan crisis.
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Iranian Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari left Tehran Tuesday on a four-day visit to Pakistan to coordinate their stance on the ongoing Afghan crisis.
Lari said before his departure that during the visit, he will discuss with Pakistani officials issues of mutual interest and regional developments.
Lari is leading a political and security delegation to visit Pakistan at the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart Moinuddin Haider.
The Iranian minister said that he will try to bring closer the two sides' stances on regional issues, particularly those on the Afghan crisis, adding that the two sides are scheduled to review ways of implementing security pacts signed by the two countries earlier.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf made a brief stopover in Tehran last Wednesday on his way to New York for the U.N. General Assembly.
The Shiite Iran does not recognize Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and has strongly criticized Pakistan for its previous backing of the Sunni fundamentalist militia.
Iran has condemned the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, but opposed the U.S.-led military campaign against Afghanistan accused of harboring Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect of the terror attacks.
For its part, Pakistan has firmly supported the U.S.-led military action on Afghanistan.
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