The Public Relations of the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces announced Sunday that the Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Saudi Armed Forces, who paid a visit to Iran at the head of a high-ranking military delegation, has met his Iranian counterpart Major General Mohammad Bagheri.

Saudi Army General Fayaz bin Hamed al-Ravili arrived in Tehran to attend the General Staff of the Armed Forces and hold talks with the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri.

The two sides met and discussed bilateral relations, especially in defense areas, IRNA news agency reported.

Bilateral relations and defense relations were among the axes of the conversation between the Chief of Staff of the Saudi Armed Forces and Major General Bagheri.

In another development, senior Iranian and Pakistani military officials have held talks on strengthening cooperation in the area of defense in Islamabad this past week.

The talks were held separately, on 06-07 November, between Iran’s Deputy Minister of Defense Hojatollah Qoreyshi and the host country’s Defense Minister Muhammad Asif and the Secretary of Pakistan’s Ministry General Muhammad Ali.

Regarding the meeting between the visiting Iranian delegation and Asif, the Pakistani Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying the two countries have stressed the importance of expanding cooperation in issues of mutual interest.

Elsewhere in Rawalpindi in Pakistan, Qoreyshi met with his counterpart in the host country where the two sides exchanged views about expansion of relations in the fields of defense, border management, and counter-terrorism measures.

The Tehran-Islamabad talks were held in a constructive atmosphere, according to the Pakistani Ministry of Defense.