Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Iran’s counterpart Abbas Araghchi.
Islamabad: There is a huge tension between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack. During this time, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who visited Islamabad, has appealed to India and Pakistan to “take restraint”. Along with this, he called for preventing the current tension situation between the two countries from deteriorating further. Let me tell you that after the Araghchi Pahalgam terror attack, the two countries had reached Islamabad on a one -day visit to talk with the Pakistani leadership amidst the increased tussle in the relationship between the two countries. He is scheduled to visit India on Thursday.
Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement that Araghchi, in a conversation with his Pakistani counterpart Mohammad Ishaq Dar, discussed the current situation in South Asia and agreed that complex regional issues could be resolved only through talks. Araghchi also met Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari and discussed matters related to bilateral interests along with regional situation. According to a statement issued by the President’s Office, during a meeting with President Zardari, Araghchi called upon both sides to restrain to reduce tension in the area.
Iran said-we will try to reduce stress
The statement said that Zardari reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to dialogue and diplomacy. According to the news of Iran’s official news channel ‘Press TV’, Araghchi said after reaching Islamabad, “The situation in the region is very important for Iran and we emphasize the importance of reducing stress and call on all sides to restraint and prevent the situation from deteriorating.” He said, “We will try to reduce tension in the area.” According to the news of Iran’s semi-autonomous news agency ‘Meher News’, Araghchi said, “Both India and Pakistan are friendly countries of Iran. Of course, Pakistan is our neighboring country with our friendly relations. But we were interested in getting information about our friends’ stance in Pakistan before visiting India.”
“Dar” scared of India’s possible attack
Pakistan is scared about India’s possible attack. According to the news of ‘Radio Pakistan’, Dar expressed “serious concern” from Pakistan on the tension prevailing in South Asia and blamed India’s “provocative behavior” on the stress prevailing in South Asia. The news stated that Dar rejected Pakistan’s role in the case and reiterated the call of Islamabad “international, transparent and fair” investigation. According to Iran’s Irana news agency report, Prime Minister Sharif told Araghchi that Pakistan is committed to strengthening cooperation with Iran towards peace and stability in the region. Pakistani Defense Minister Khwaja Asif and External Affairs Minister Dar were also present during Araghchi’s meeting with the Prime Minister. (Language)
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