The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) news agency reported on Monday, October 26, that Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia agreed at the end of their four-way meeting in Tehran to issue a joint statement committing to continued talks for expanding regional cooperation, including in areas of “peace and security.”
As of publication time, the other three countries involved had not issued any separate statements about the meeting’s results.
Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said after the summit that the visit of senior officials from the three countries to Tehran showed that “American threats have little effect on the world’s nations.”
Stressing the need to boost regional cooperation, Rezaei said: “Regional cooperation should have started long ago.”
He also claimed that, due to the “resistance of the armed forces,” a new and positive atmosphere had formed in the region, and this was reflected in his talks with senior officials from Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.
Rezaei added: “We concluded that security in West Asia must come from within the region, and any outside interference must be stopped.”
Meanwhile, a senior Pakistani security official told Reuters that the summit’s main goal was to create a regional mechanism to prevent military confrontations between countries in the area.
According to that official, discussions between Tehran and Washington, Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia (backed by Iran), the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, and the US blockade of Iranian ports were also covered during the meeting.