Overview
- Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, held a phone call with Russia’s Sergey Lavrov on Friday to discuss rescheduling Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit and to keep high-level contacts on track.
- Pakistan’s Foreign Office said it is facilitating a second round of Iran–US contacts, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi now in Islamabad for meetings tied to the planned talks.
- State media reported a US logistics and security team is already in Islamabad to support the planned engagement, a sign of preparations under way that officials describe as developing.
- Dar also spoke separately with Egypt’s Badr Abdelatty and Turkiye’s Hakan Fidan, sharing updates on Pakistan’s efforts and urging sustained dialogue as the workable path to regional stability.
- Lavrov praised Pakistan’s role in easing Iran–US tensions, and Pakistani readouts linked related outreach with Egypt and Turkiye to proposals discussed in recent weeks to keep regional trade routes, including the Strait of Hormuz, open.