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Iran and Pakistan’s new friendship
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s three-day visit to Pakistan and the issuance of a joint statement after talks between the two countries do not mean that the friendship between the two has increased a lot. There are still tensions in the relationship between the two, which were not resolved before the joint statement.
Although there is coordination between the two countries on many issues, like religion, culture, and brotherhood, both are seen on the same platform, but there is fundamental disagreement on many issues. There is a Sunni majority in Pakistan and a Shia majority in Iran.
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Sunni fundamentalism is promoted in Pakistan, while Shia fundamentalism is promoted in Iran. In Pakistan, Shias are oppressed, and in Iran, Sunnis are oppressed. As far as political and diplomatic relations are concerned, there is no mutual agreement between the two countries.
Along with Iran, Saudi Arabia is also important for Pakistan
The thing to note is that at present, Saudi Arabia has made an agreement with Iran, but it is about 1500 years old between the two. This is the fight between Arabs and Ajam, and this is the fight between Shias and Sunnis; it will dominate Islam. It’s a fight. The war is not resolved merely by making a treaty.
The mention of Saudi Arabia is necessary here because the south asian country remains more dependent on Saudi Arabia. Pakistan’s relations with Iran deteriorated only when relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia deteriorated, and then Pakistan became a hunting ground. Because of this, Shia-Sunni conflicts also spread in Pakistan.
Persia and Pakistan attacked each other
In January itself, the tension between Iran and Pakistan increased to such an extent that Iran fired missiles at Pakistan, and Pakistan also responded with missiles. Terrorists from Pakistan go to Iran and carry out attacks, and Iranian security forces have many times gone inside the Pakistan border and fought the terrorists.
Although earlier such matters were suppressed, this time what happened in January happened directly, both fired missiles at each other. Both countries felt that there should be no increase in the tension between themselves; there are already many issues of conflict between the countries.
The latest talks and joint statement between the two countries are an attempt to reduce tension, but this does not mean that there will be a strong friendship between the two as is being tried to be shown. Both countries have talked about how we should increase mutual trade. It was decided that in the next 5 years we will take mutual trade to 10 billion dollars, but how will this happen? What will both countries sell and buy from each other? This was not answered.
If there are American sanctions on Iran, then how much can the South Asian country increase its trade with Iran? One issue between the two countries is the gas pipeline. Earlier, India was also involved in the gas pipeline project, but due to a lack of wisdom, it withdrew from the agreement. Now it is just a pipeline between the South Asian country and Iran. The problem is that the South Asian country has no money. No one in the world will give money to Pakistan because there is a ban on Iran.
There will also be a doubt that, if the South Asian country is also banned for increasing relations with Iran, will the South Asian country’s economy bear the loss? Now Pakistan is trying to increase relations with Iran and also to keep America under illusion. It feels like some middle ground will be found. The South Asian country has also taken a very tough stance on the issue of Palestine. While most of the Arab countries are not so vocal, if the South Asian country directly intervenes against Iran in the matter of Palestine, then there will be a problem.
After this comes the topic of terrorism. It was said in the joint statement that both countries will impose sanctions on terrorist groups. It is easy to say, but the question here is: if you consider any gang a terrorist,?
The South Asian country demands that many Baloch are freedom fighters; they have taken refuge in Iran. Will Iran ban this? In the coming days, Iran will probably tighten its reins a bit, but it will not drive it out of the country completely because Iran still does not completely trust the South Asian country.
Exactly the same thing is true for the South Asian country. Iran admits that it has many terrorist organizations that are operated by Pakistan; they have the support of the Pakistani government, and these organizations are also getting help from Israel and America.
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