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Pak minister Naqvi meets Iranian FM amid mediation to end conflict
A very important helper from Pakistan, named Mohsin Naqvi, visited Iran to talk with Iran's top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi.
He went there to help two big countries, the United States and Iran, stop fighting.
Pakistan has been trying to be a peacemaker between them, and other countries like Qatar are helping too.
The fighting got very serious when the Strait of Hormuz, a very busy waterway that ships use to carry energy, got blocked.
This happened after the US and Israel attacked Iran, and Iran fought back.
In June, the US and Iran signed a paper promising to talk about peace for 60 days, and Pakistan signed it as a witness.
A big meeting was even held in Switzerland.
But the talks did not work, and last month both sides started fighting again.
Now Pakistan's minister went to Iran to try to get peace talks going again.
No one has shared what was said in the meeting yet, but people all over the world are watching to see if peace can come back.
Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi held talks with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Tuesday.
The visit is part of Pakistan's mediation efforts, supported by Gulf countries like Qatar, to end the ongoing US-Iran conflict.
The Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world's energy supplies passed, has been effectively blocked since February 28 when the US and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran.
The US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding in June, opening a 60-day window for talks, with Pakistan signing as a guarantor.
A summit was held in Switzerland, but talks collapsed last month as both the US and Iran resumed military strikes.
- Who
- Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, with Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni mentioned as having visited Islamabad earlier.
- What
- Talks held as part of Pakistan's mediation efforts to end the ongoing US-Iran conflict.
- Where
- Tehran, Iran.
- When
- Tuesday, with the article datelined Aug 11.
- Why
- Pakistan is trying to mediate between the US and Iran, with the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz cited as the key reason the conflict continues.
Key facts
- Pakistani official
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi
- Iranian official met
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
- Mediation support
- Gulf countries including Qatar
- Strait of Hormuz
- Effectively blocked since February 28, after a joint US-Israel attack on Iran
- US-Iran agreement
- Memorandum of understanding signed in June, opening a 60-day window for talks
- Pakistan's role
- Signed the memorandum as a guarantor
- Summit location
- Switzerland
- Current status
- Talks collapsed last month; both sides resumed military strikes
Sources
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