Pakistan attaches great importance to its ties with Jordan: President Alvi.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr. Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan attaches great importance to its ties with Jordan and wants to maintain mutually beneficial cooperation with the brotherly country in all fields of mutual interests. He said that both countries enjoyed excellent relations which were based on common faith, cultural affinities and shared perceptions of regional and international issues.

He stated this during a meeting with the visiting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Jordan Armed Forces, Major General Yousef Ahmad Al-Hnaity, who called on him, at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Thursday.

President Dr. Arif Alvi expressed satisfaction over the cordial relations and emphasized the need to further strengthen the defence and economic cooperation between the two brotherly countries. He also highlighted the sufferings of Muslims of India, particularly the atrocities being committed by Indian security forces against the Muslims population of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

The President said that...