Pakistan 'cautiously optimistic' about US-Iran talks, says Mecca pact open to new members
Pakistan’s military is “cautiously optimistic” about its mediation between Iran and the United States, its spokesman said on Friday in his first interview since a high-level delegation visited Tehran this week. Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s chief mediator in efforts to de-escalate the US-Israel war on Iran, has visited Tehran twice this month, most recently on Monday with Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin.
Pakistan’s military is “cautiously optimistic” about its mediation between Iran and the United States, its spokesman said on Friday in his first interview since a high-level delegation visited Tehran this week. Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s chief mediator in efforts to de-escalate the US-Israel war on Iran, has visited Tehran twice this month, most recently on Monday with Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin.
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