Overview
- Pakistan’s UN envoy says Islamabad is pressing Washington and Tehran to return to the June Islamabad Memorandum, which pledged a ceasefire, a 60-day negotiation window, and steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping.
- The memorandum has not been implemented because both sides show a lingering lack of trust and a slight unwillingness to follow through, Pakistan’s permanent representative told reporters.
- Tensions have risen again with renewed strikes and incidents around the Strait of Hormuz, increasing the risk to regional shipping and complicating any effort to restart talks.
- Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, who made the appeal, was announced as Pakistan’s next foreign secretary and will leave his UN post at the end of the month, a change that will shift Pakistan’s on‑the‑ground mediation leadership.
- Pakistan is using its final year on the UN Security Council to push diplomacy and is also warning that continuing violations in Gaza and settlement activity in the West Bank are eroding the prospects for a two‑state solution.