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May 01, 2026
Pakistan Remains Actively Engaged with Iran, US to Resolve Conflict
By Ameer Hamza
Islamabad: Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said on Thursday that Pakistan remained actively engaged with Iran and the United States to “achieve a resolution” of the conflict between the two sides.
“… the status of talks now is that we remain actively engaged with both sides to achieve a resolution of this issue. The clock on diplomacy has not stopped. We remain hopeful of a negotiated settlement of this issue, and we will continue our sincere efforts for the cause of peace and prosperity in the region and beyond,” Andrabi said during a weekly FO briefing.
The conflict, which is now almost two months old, began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. And while hostilities have paused following a Pakistan-brokered two-week ceasefire on April 8 — which has now been extended indefinitely by US President Donald Trump — the world continues to face its consequences.
“The ceasefire basically opened a window for substantive diplomacy, including dialogue between the two sides. We need to acknowledge and underscore the importance of the ceasefire by both parties … Many lives were saved. Damage to infrastructure was averted. So, this paved the way for the talks,” Andrabi added, recalling the talks held between the US and Iranian delegations in Islamabad on April 11 and 12.
The negotiations had ended without an agreement, but also without a breakdown .
Andrabi noted that after those talks, “the diplomatic exchanges, channels of communications, remained open. The process of facilitation of talks continued.
“As such, the status of talks now is that we remain actively engaged with both sides to achieve a resolution of this issue. The clock on diplomacy has not stopped. We remain hopeful of a negotiated settlement of this issue, and we will continue our sincere efforts for the cause of peace and prosperity in the region and beyond,” he added.
The FO spokesperson also referred to the recent visits by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to Pakistan, saying that he held important discussions in both legs of his visit – before leaving for Oman and then returning from Oman.
“So, the status is that the clock on diplomacy is ticking, functioning, and ongoing.”
In response to a question about whether Pakistan had presented new proposals for conflict resolution to both sides, Andrabi said: “I’ll not talk on any specifics, but I can say that the proposals, old, new, not so new, not so old, are on the table. We understand that the main interlocutors, the parties to the conflict, are deliberating on these issues, in depth i.e. internal deliberations.
“There was an internal meeting in the US on this earlier part of the weekend. News reports came out of it. I believe similar consultations are taking place in Tehran, also within Iran. We hope that peace will prevail. We hope for stable relations between Iran and the United States.” - Dawn
Courtesy Dawn
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