Pakistan PM urges de-escalation in Iran conflict after meeting Pezeshkian

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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Wednesday in a post on X that he had conveyed Pakistan's deep concern over the prolonged regional conflict during a meeting with…

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Wednesday in a post on X that he had conveyed Pakistan's deep concern over the prolonged regional conflict during a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey.

“Dialogue, restraint, de-escalation and sustained diplomacy are the only path to lasting peace,” Sharif wrote.

He added that Pakistan would continue its efforts toward regional peace and stability, building on the understandings reached under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding.

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