never mind what he said .talking is cheap . look at what he did the action they took and taken up to now
So i should believe you
what you said is laughable.
not a former foreign minister?
Laughing is good for health.. so read this sentence daily and laugh hard..
Since the starting and the ending of the
Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s, the
Foreign policy of Pakistan respectively played a complex role in the conventional settlement of the Iran-Iraq war.
[1]
According to the national security experts, the role of Pakistan in the
Iran-Iraq war, however, was based more on maintaining a delicate balance.
[2] During the conflict, Pakistan sought to portray as "strictly neutral" but cultivated friendly relationship with Iran.[3][4] In a
state visit paid by
President General
Zia-ul-Haq to the
United Kingdom in the mid-1980s, President Zia successfully calculated that the
Iran–Iraq conflict would eventually "will end up in military
stalemate."
[4]
Overview[edit]
The
Pakistan military initiated a covert
regime change action under
chief of army staff General
Zia-ul-Haq and
chief of naval staff Admiral
Mohammad Shariff which imposed the military
martial law in all over the country in 1979. In 1980, the
Iranian revolution under
Ayatollah Khomeini evoked a strong reaction throughout the
Muslim world. The
spill-over effect of the
revolution worried the
Arab world, as well the
military government of
President General
Zia-ul-Haq. Considering this issue, the religiously influenced military government of Zia-ul-Haq then provided a rare opportunity and the political change in Pakistan and the Islamic Revolution in Iran suited well to one another and, therefore, no diplomatic and political rift occurred between them.
[5] Responding swiftly to this great revolutionary change,
Foreign Minister of Pakistan
Agha Shahi immediately paid a state visit to Tehran who met the Iranian
counterpart Karim Sanjabi on March 10, 1979.
[5] Both expressed confidence by stating that Iran and Pakistan were going to march together to a brighter future.
[5] The next day, Agha Shahi held talks with the
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in which developments in the region were discussed.
[5] On 11 April 1979, Zia famously declared that, "Khomeini is a symbol of Islamic insurgence".
[5]Reciprocating President Zia's sentiments, Imam Khomeini, in his letter, called for Muslim unity.
[5] He declared, "Ties with Pakistan are based on Islam."
[5] By 1981, Pakistan under President
Zia-ul-Haq was close allies again with the United States, and came under its
sphere of influence; a position Pakistan has remained in since.
[5]
In 1980,
Iraqi President Saddam Hussain went on to the proposal which
invaded Iran.
[2] Pakistan immediately deployment its military contingent to protect the
Gulf states against the Iranian threat, placing ~40,000 military personnel in
Saudi Arabia for security and training purposes. Reportedly, Pakistan also began to supply conventional weapons to Iran, and both neighbours supported the Afghan jihad, albeit different factions.
[2]
The military assistance and cooperation increased in support to the Iran and Pakistan never openly supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War despite tremendous pressure from the United States and Saudi Arabia.[6] There are reports of Pakistan financially helping Iran at the operational level.
[6] The Pakistan
military officials strongly objected killing of
Iranian pilgrim riot by
Saudi Arabian army on the annual
Hajj pilgrimage to
Mecca in 1985.
[1] Conversely, Pakistan exported and sold numbers of Chinese and US made weapons to Iran, specifically the Silkworm and Stinger missiles which proved to be a crucial integrating factor in Tanker War, originally bounded for Afghan mujahideen.[7]