Iran has expressed gratitude towards Pakistan for rescuing eight Iranian fishermen, whose boat had caught fire in international waters.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani voiced the gratitude on Thursday, three days after the incident, in an Urdu-language post on X.
He appreciated Pakistan Navy’s “timely action,” which he said, had been taken on “humanitarian grounds.”
“The relationship of friendship between the people of Iran and Pakistan is not bound by any border,” Kan’ani added.
PNS (Pakistan Navy Ship) Yarmook carried out the rescue mission on Monday by taking “swift action” after hearing a distress call from the boat, Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reported, citing the country’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
As well as rescuing the fishermen, the Pakistani vessel played a role in extinguishing the fire, the ISPR added.
The paper also quoted the Iranian Ambassador to Islamabad Reza Amiri-Moghaddam as similarly appreciating the humanitarian operation conducted by Pakistan Navy.