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Pakistan is acceptable to big the Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkiye for discussions connected a wide-range of issues, including efforts to de-escalate tensions successful West Asia amid the warfare successful Iran, the Foreign Office said connected Saturday (March 28, 2026).
At the invitation of Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Turkiye Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, volition sojourn Islamabad connected Sunday (March 29, 2026) and Monday (March 30, 2026), the Foreign Office said.
Iran-Israel war updates connected March 28, 2026
During the visit, the Foreign Ministers volition clasp “in-depth discussions connected a scope of issues, including efforts to de-escalate tensions successful the region”, it added.
The visiting leaders volition besides conscionable Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Foreign Office said.
It added that Pakistan “highly values its relations with the brotherly countries of Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Egypt, and the sojourn volition supply an accidental to further fortify Pakistan’s practice and coordination with these countries”.
Geo News reported that the gathering was earlier scheduled to beryllium held successful Turkiye but owed to Mr. Dar’s engagement, helium requested the leaders to travel to Islamabad.
“The gathering was scheduled to beryllium held successful Turkiye but owed to my engagement, I requested my brothers to alternatively conscionable successful Islamabad time [Sunday],” Mr. Dar was quoted arsenic saying.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that Pakistan is moving with “honesty and sincerity” to resoluteness ongoing disputes.
Mr. Dar said that talks with Iran are continuing, but owed to the delicate quality of the negotiations, officials are refraining from making nationalist statements.
Pakistan connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) said that it was “actively and constructively engaged” with each stakeholders successful the portion and beyond to peacefully extremity the Iran war.
However, Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi did not categorically corroborate immoderate chances of look to look talks successful Islamabad implicit the coming weekend.
The spokesperson said that Pakistan has “remained actively and constructively engaged with applicable determination stakeholders and beyond our region, consistently advocating for contiguous de-escalation, cessation of hostilities and an irreversible way towards a peaceful resolution”.
Pakistan besides confirmed relaying messages betwixt the U.S. and Iran, saying dialog and diplomacy were the lone mode guardant to extremity the West Asia conflict.
