Why Iran’s Foreign Minister’s Surprise Visits to Pakistan Are Raising Global Eyebrows”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was to head to Moscow on Sunday after a short stay in Pakistan, where he landed for a second time in two days following a trip to Oman as part of his tri-nation tour, a diplomatic source told Dawn. He is making the trip in the midst of ongoing diplomatic efforts, particularly those made by Pakistan, to get Tehran and Washington to sit down for talks aimed at resolving the conflict that started with US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. Araghchi arrived at the Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi after completing a day-long visit to Oman, the diplomatic source said, adding that he would meet with senior Pakistani officials during his short stay in Islamabad. He added that the Iranian foreign minister would then travel to Moscow. In a late-night post on X, Iranian envoy to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam confirmed the end of Araghchi’s second trip to Pakistan. “At the end of this round of the visit of the Iranian delegation, Ab...