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Iran’s overseas minister was in Pakistan for talks Monday, as each nations sought to ease tensions after lethal cross-border strikes threatened diplomatic relations.
Pakistan’s overseas ministry shared footage and video of Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arriving in Islamabad late Sunday, saying he would maintain talks together with his native counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani and name on caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar.
On January 18, Pakistan launched air strikes on what it known as “militant targets” in Iran, two days after comparable Iranian strikes on its territory.
The tit-for-tat raids within the porous border area of Baluchistan — break up between the 2 nations — stoked regional tensions already infected by the Israel-Hamas conflict.
On Saturday, gunmen in southeastern Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province killed 9 folks, with Islamabad’s ambassador figuring out them as Pakistanis.
Sistan-Baluchistan is among the few primarily Sunni Muslim provinces in Shiite-dominated Iran.
It has seen persistent unrest involving cross-border drug-smuggling gangs and rebels from the Baluch ethnic minority, in addition to jihadists.
The preliminary Iranian strikes, which Pakistan stated killed a minimum of two youngsters, drew a pointy rebuke from Islamabad, which recalled its ambassador from Tehran and blocked Iran’s envoy from returning to his publish.
Tehran additionally summoned Islamabad’s cost d’affaires over Pakistan’s strikes, which left a minimum of 9 folks useless.
The 2 nations, nonetheless, since introduced they’ve determined to de-escalate and resume diplomatic missions with the 2 ambassadors returning to their posts.
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