At the airport, Raisi and his delegation were met by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.
As Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is visiting the city, Punjab has also declared today as a public holiday in Lahore to prevent traffic problems for the general people.
After the elections on February 8, a new administration was sworn in, and this is the first foreign head of state to visit.
A day earlier, the foreign office announced that Iranian President Raisi had arrived in Islamabad for a three-day formal visit.
At his arrival in Islamabad, President Raisi received a hearty welcome. He met with Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir, President Asif Ali Zardari, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the first day of his tour. Also paying the visiting president a visit were the speaker of the National Assembly and the chairman of the Senate.
In an additional move to strengthen cooperation in a range of areas, including trade, science and technology, agriculture, health, culture, and judicial concerns, Pakistan and Iran signed eight accords on Monday.
Amidst the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s formal three-day visit to Pakistan, the two nations signed these documents.
Officials from both sides signed the paperwork in front of President Raisi and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif.
Establishing the Rimdan-Gabd Joint Free/Special Zone is the subject of an agreement between the two nations. Iranian advisor to the president and secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Trade, Industry, and Special Economic Zones, Hojjatollah Abdolmaleki, signed the pact with Secretary Board of Investment Ambreen Iftikhar.
