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The Congress connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) came down heavy connected the authorities aft the U.S. and Iran signed a bid deal, saying the pact being called the 'Islamabad MoU' shows the new-found determination lasting and planetary power of Pakistan which is simply a "severe setback" to some the substance and benignant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's overseas policy.
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh noted that the 14-point Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding betwixt the U.S. and Iran has present been officially released.
"The information that it is called the Islamabad MOU shows the new-found determination lasting and planetary power of Pakistan, a state that had erstwhile been isolated connected the planetary signifier by Dr. Manmohan Singh pursuing the Mumbai panic attacks successful November 2008," Mr. Ramesh said connected X.
"This is simply a terrible setback to some the substance and benignant of Prime Minister Modi's overseas policy. Pakistan is present adjacent much profoundly embedded successful the geopolitical and information architecture of West Asia which has sedate and large implications for India," helium said.
The MoU, if it holds successful missive and spirit, is simply a large advance, the Congress person said. "But it besides has the imaginable for becoming a Memorandum of Misunderstanding from some sides. For the clip being, each that tin beryllium said is that the adjacent 60 days volition beryllium crucial," helium said.
Mr. Ramesh said the MoU itself has precise important and adjacent unexpected gains for Iran, which has demonstrated its absorption and resilience
The GCC countries that person borne the afloat value of Iran's counter-attacks person cautiously welcomed the MoU but they volition undoubtedly rethink their relationships with different countries, helium said.
"The MoU is simply a definite decision for the Prime Minister of Israel who tin inactive torpedo it successful antithetic ways. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu stands isolated internationally with adjacent President Trump giving nationalist look to his choler and vexation with him," Mr. Ramesh said.
"Only Mr. Modi remains steadfast successful his enactment of Mr. Netanyahu's actions successful the portion — including successful Lebanon, Gaza, and the occupied West Bank. This unsighted devotion to Israel by Mr. Modi is costing our state dearly," helium said.
Mr. Ramesh argued that the MoU represents a superior stroke to the U.S. that on with Israel started the warfare with Iran connected February 28 this twelvemonth with maximalist aims that person conscionable not been realised.
"The limits of subject powerfulness person been erstwhile again exposed. Mr. Modi's continuing appeasement of Mr. Trump - the latest grounds of which is the MEA readout of the Trump-Modi bilateral gathering past nighttime - is shameful and really anti-national," the Congress person claimed.
His remarks came aft President Trump signed an statement with Iran that calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and waives U.S.-backed sanctions connected the country, instantly allowing Iran to merchantability its lipid freely, according to details released by some countries.
In a station connected X, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said, "I americium honoured to denote that the historical 'Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding' has been electronically signed contiguous betwixt the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Memorandum has been signed by honourable Presidents of some the countries and besides endorsed by maine arsenic the mediator."
"The signing of this statement astatine the highest level of the respective governments demonstrates the committedness of some sides to a diplomatic solution of the conflict," helium said.
The Islamabad MoU shall participate into unit with contiguous effect and arsenic a archetypal step, the Islamic Republic of Iran volition instantly reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the United States of America volition instantly assistance the naval blockade, Mr. Sharif said.
