Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says he and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have held “very productive discussions in a very cordial atmosphere”.

“It was like a family reunion, and brothers were talking to each other with the fullest clarity and total commitment that we will do everything to strengthen our brotherly relations like never before,” he remarks during a joint press conference.

He notes that Islamabad and Tehran have “consistently stood by one another in difficult times, and recent events have once again demonstrated beyond any ray of doubt the enduring strength of this brotherhood, this friendship and this partnership”.