Pakistan’s Interior Minister said Tuesday that Islamabad and Tehran had made “significant progress” in talks focused on the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran and efforts toward a path to peace.
A statement issued by the Pakistani military following a meeting between Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and Iranian leaders said the discussions focused on measures to prevent further escalation, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bring the conflict to an early end.
The two sides also exchanged views on regional peace and ways to reach a negotiated settlement to the conflict, the statement said.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who accompanied Munir on his visit to Tehran, said in a post on X that the Iranian president had openly presented his government’s position and that the sides held “very constructive discussions” on issues of mutual concern.
Munir spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday before traveling to Tehran.
Trump had warned last week of economic consequences for any country providing “any kind of vital support to Iran,” as part of efforts to isolate Tehran. Iran, meanwhile, has vowed to halt all oil exports from the Gulf.
Pakistan has played a key role in efforts to end the war between Iran and the United States. Islamabad helped broker a memorandum of understanding between the two countries in June, although the agreement later collapsed.
Trump has said that Iran is “collapsing,” while his administration has expanded the scope of secondary sanctions that can be imposed on entities and countries around the world maintaining commercial ties with Iran, as Washington significantly increases economic pressure on Tehran with the war approaching its sixth month.
Source: Reuters
