Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri says Iran and Pakistan should enhance military relations and boost joint defense-security cooperation in the region.

Baqeri was meeting on Saturday with Pakistan’s Chief of the Army General Asim Munir, who is in Tehran at the head of a high-ranking delegation.

The top Iranian general said the record shows the two neighboring countries can count on the improvement of cooperation in various fields.

Over the recent years, Tehran and Islamabad have been working towards enhancing relations, not least bilateral economic ties and mutual efforts aimed at combating terrorism in the areas that straddle the border.

On July 9, four armed terrorists and two Iranian police officers were killed in an attack on a police station in the southeastern city of Zahedan, the capital of the province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Sistan and Baluchestan borders Pakistan and Afghanistan. It has been the scene of several terrorist attacks against civilians and security forces in recent years.

Iran says its intelligence and security apparatus will never abandon pursuing terrorist groups even beyond the borders.