The Sudanese army announced Thursday that the arrival of Iranian warships at Port-Sudan harbor in eastern Sudan, initially scheduled for Nov. 30, has been delayed to Dec. 7, official SUNA news agency reported.

"For reasons relating to the Iranian side, the arrival of the Iranian warships to Port-Sudan harbor, scheduled for current Nov. 30, has been delayed to Dec. 7," the agency quoted Al-Sawarmy Khalid Saad, a Sudanese army spokesman, as saying.

A Xinhua correspondent earlier said a Pakistani warship docked at Port-Sudan harbor on Thursday.

A ceremony and military parade have been organized by the Sudanese navy in reception of the Pakistani warship.

The Sudanese army spokesman has earlier announced that the Sudanese navy would receive a Pakistani warship on Nov. 29, noting that the ship would stay at Port-Sudan harbor for two days.

He said the Sudanese navy would also receive on Nov. 30 two Iranian warships, which would stay at Port-Sudan harbor for three days.

Saad explained that the arrival of the Pakistani and Iranian warships is under the framework of the maritime and military cooperation with the navy troops in all countries of the world.

Few weeks ago, two Iranian warships docked at Port-Sudan shortly after an aerial attack against Al-Yarmouk arms factory complex in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, which Israel claimed was producing arms to back the Palestinian Hamas movement with Iranian support.