Iran FM returns to Islamabad for further consultations with Pakistani mediators
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has returned to Islamabad for a second official visit in two days for further consultations with Pakistani mediators amid stalled negotiations with the United States.
Araghchi left the Omani capital of Muscat, where he met with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman and discussed ongoing diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving regional crises earlier on Sunday.
He arrived at Nur Khan Airbase on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital to hold further consultations with Pakistani officials, who mediated a two-week ceasefire between Tehran and Washington earlier this month and requested that it be extended.
On Saturday, Araghchi met with Pakistan’s Army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, a key figure in the mediation effort, as well as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.
Posting on X after the meetings, the top diplomat said he shared Iran’s “workable framework” with Pakistani mediators aimed at putting a lasting end to the war launched by the US and Israel against the Islamic Republic on February 28.
“Shared Iran's position concerning [a] workable framework to permanently end the war on Iran. [I] have yet to see if the US is truly serious about diplomacy,” he wrote.
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He added that his visit to Pakistan was “very fruitful.”
Araghchi, however, left Islamabad before a planned visit by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to the Pakistani capital to meet with Pakistani officials, as Tehran had said in advance that there were no plans for a second round of talks with the US.
US President Donald Trump later announced that he had cancelled their trip.
Iran says it will not negotiate with the US under threats and as long as it maintains an illegal naval blockade of Iranian ports.
Islamabad mediated and hosted a first round of talks between Iranian and American delegations on April 11–12, which ended without an agreement. Iranian negotiators blamed the US’s excessive demands and shifting positions for the failure of the talks.
Trump unilaterally extended the ceasefire hours before it was set to expire on April 22 and said he was awaiting a proposal from Iran.
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