Islamabad: The Foreign Office (FO) said on Monday that Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will visit Pakistan on January 29.
Pakistan and Iran also have mutually agreed that ambassadors of both countries may return to their respective posts by Friday.
“Following the telephone conversation between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran, it has been mutually agreed that ambassadors of both countries may return to their respective posts by January 26, 2024,” the FO spokesperson said in a statement. The Iranian foreign minister would travel to Pakistan on Jan 29 at the invitation of FM Jilani, the statement added.
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The visit comes days after tensions escalated between the two countries following an Iranian air strike in Pakistan, leading Islamabad to strike terrorist hideouts in the neighbouring country’s Sistan-Baluchestan province.
