FM Dar invites Iranian counterpart to visit Pakistan

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Monday spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and invited him to visit Pakistan at his earliest convenience, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

In a statement shared on X, the ministry said the two foreign ministers exchanged views on regional and international developments during the conversation.

The discussions also covered the deteriorating situation in Occupied East Jerusalem, Dar said.

“DPM/FM invited Foreign Minister Araghchi to visit Pakistan at his earliest convenience,” he added.

The conversation comes after Iran said there were no direct talks with Washington, as Trump had insisted there would be when he called off a threatened round of heavy bombing against Iran over the weekend, citing what he said were appeals from regional powers and Tehran.

The Iranian foreign ministry said Monday that the only talks it was holding were with Oman to discuss plans for sharing control over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital passage for the global energy trade.

Trump insisted Iran had asked for talks – “some would say ‘beg’” – but was now giving “their usual blather” about controling Hormuz.

The strait, Trump insisted, “is already completely controlled by the United States Navy and our ‘Blockade’ or, as some say, ‘The United States Wall of Steel!’ Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished.”