Pakistan’s Foreign Minister and Deputy PM Ishaq Dar and Britain’s Home Secretary Yvette Cooper discussed the US-Iran talks held in Islamabad, with London praising Pakistan’s role in facilitating dialogue.
Pakistan said it was still making a full diplomatic push to ease tensions between the United States and Iran after marathon talks in Islamabad ended without agreement, underscoring Islamabad’s bid to keep a fragile mediation effort from unravelling.
Iran leaves the door open after Islamabad, but says the United States must now earn its trust. Tehran says the talks were serious, while Pakistan played a central role in keeping the diplomatic channel alive, and Washington must now prove it can turn dialogue into trust.
With JD Vance, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner now in Islamabad, Pakistan has become the venue for a diplomatic push that could decide whether a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire survives or collapses.
امریکا اور ایران کے درمیان جنگ بندی کی کوششیں آخری لمحوں میں تقریباً ناکامی کے دہانے پر پہنچ چکی تھیں، مگر پاکستان نے رات بھر کی سفارت کاری سے نہ صرف جنگ بندی بچانے میں مدد دی بلکہ واشنگٹن اور تہران کو مذاکرات کی راہ پر بھی گامزن کردیا۔
پاکستان نے ایران کو خبردار کیا ہے کہ وہ یمن میں اپنے حوثی اتحادیوں پر قابو پائے۔ تہران نے اضافی فنڈنگ و ہتھیاروں کا وعدہ کرتے ہوئے حوثیوں کو سعودی عرب پر حملے کی ہدایت دی۔ پاکستان، ترکیہ اور سعودی عرب حوثیوں کے خلاف مشترکہ کارروائی بھی کر سکتے ہیں۔ روئٹرز
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