"Iran respects Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity and expects the same from Pakistan," Baloch said on Tuesday while briefing the upper house of parliament, Senate, on Iran-Pakistan ties and situation on the common border.
The minister reiterated that Iran has no intention to carry out any action inside Pakistan, and said, "We should not rely on media misquoting Iranian military officials."
He said that soon after the recent border incident, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Pakistan and held meetings with civil and military leadership, which also shows that Iran wants to resolve the issue through diplomacy.
"Pakistan and Iran enjoy good relations and both sides desire to further cement such relations by enhancing trade volume to $5 billion," Baloch added.
On April 26, nine Iranian border guards were martyred and two others were injured by terrorists near Pakistan border in the Southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, when they were patrolling at the zero border point. The terrorists after the killing and abducting one Iranian border guard fled to Pakistan.