ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) stated on Wednesday that the Pak-Iran border commission has held its first meeting in Tehran.
The Pakistani side was headed by Foreign Ministry's Mansoor Ahmed Khan and includedSouthern Command Inspector General Frontier Corps Major General Sardar Tariq.
An FO spokesperson said issues related to the Pak-Iran border were discussed in the meeting. Both sides agreed to fully implement the 1960Pak-Iran border agreement, the spokesperson added.
The two parties also agreed to enhance joint cooperation against drug smugglers, human traffickers and terrorists.
Both sides also agreed to refrain from violating the 917-kilometres-long border between the two countries, the FO stated further.
The international border linking Pakistan's Balochistan and Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province is the site of frequent turmoil, both between the state security forces and terrorists operating in each other's territory.
On Saturday, Iran claimed two of its civilians were killed when militants from Pakistan opened fire.
Late last month, an Iranian drone was shot down in Balochistan's Panjgur District along the border. "The drone was hit by Pakistan Air Force jets as it was unidentified and flying around three to four kilometres inside Pakistani territory," an FO statement had stated.
On May 27, a man was killed in mortar shelling from the Iranian side of the border in Panjgur district.
The district commissioner (DC) of Panjgur said a mortar shell landed on a vehicle, instantly killing one man inside and causing extensive damage nearby.
The DC added that a strong protest has been lodged with the Iranian border authorities.
A week earlier, five mortar shells fired from Iran landed in the Chaghai area of the province. No casualties were reported in the incident.
In April, ten Iranian border guards were killed by militants said to be operating from Pakistan. Iran said that Jaishal Adl militants had shot the guards with long-range guns, fired from inside Pakistan.
Later, the head of the Iranian armed forces warned Islamabad that Tehran would hit bases inside Pakistan if the government does not confront militants who carry out cross-border attacks.
The situation was later resolved via dialogue and the rhetoric subsided.