Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian landed in Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, according to a report. The visit follows months of Pakistani mediation in US-Iran negotiations and comes after Pezeshkian signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding alongside President Trump and Pakistan's Prime Minister in June.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian landed in Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, making his first state visit since the signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding. The trip was first reported by Al Arabiya on Monday at 13:30 Jerusalem, and confirmed by Islamabad shortly afterward. A background item published Monday night at 21:19 Jerusalem noted that the visit marks a shift in the mediation effort, with Pezeshkian taking the lead over Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Araghchi.
Pezeshkian publicly thanked Pakistan for its "responsible and brotherly diplomatic efforts" in a meeting with Islamabad's interior minister on June 20, The Zioneer reported. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif co-signed the MoU alongside Pezeshkian and President Trump on June 18, and a senior Pakistani delegation including the Army Chief traveled to Switzerland earlier in June to oversee implementation talks.
As The Zioneer has reported, Qatar has also been active in the diplomatic track, sending a delegation to Tehran on June 14 as Iran's foreign minister traveled to Pakistan at the same time.
No details on the duration of Pezeshkian's visit or his specific meetings in Islamabad have been published at this time.
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