In de-escalatory bid, Iran FM in Islamabad for talks

KABUL (Pajhwok): Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has traveled to Pakistan in response to an invitation from Islamabad.

In a post on X, the Foreign Office wrote: “Foreign Minister of Iran … has arrived in Islamabad at the invitation of Foreign Minister @JalilJilani.”

Abdollahian was received at the Nur Khan airbase by Additional Foreign Secretary (Afghanistan and West Asia) RahimHayat.

During the visit, Abdollahian will hold in-depth talks with Foreign Minister Jilani and call on Prime Minister Anwar Kakar.

The diplomat’s visit to Islamabad comes days after Iran and Pakistan launched strikes on militant hideouts in the two countries.

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