NEW DELHI: The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt will travel to Islamabad to discuss how to de-escalate tensions due to the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.
In a statement, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Egypt's Badr Abdelatty, Saudi Arabia's Prince Faisal Bin Farhan, Turkiye's Hakan Fidan will join Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Islamabad on Sunday (March 29) and Monday (March 30) for "in-depth discussions on a range of issues, including efforts to de-escalate tensions in the region”.
The visiting ministers will also call on Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who held an hour-long telephone conversation with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday (March 28).
Shehbaz during the call apprised the Iranian leader of "Pakistan's ongoing diplomatic outreach – engaging the United States and brotherly Gulf and Islamic countries – to facilitate dialogue and de-escalation."
The war in the Middle East is raising the spectre of a broader global conflict that could draw in more parties.
"If no off-ramp is found within the next week, history will record this Middle East conflict as World War III.
"Very soon, it will resemble a global conflict in terms of the number of countries involved, the intensity of violence, and the spread of its absolutely catastrophic consequences. Those who can must prevent this from happening," former Pakistan national security adviser Moeed Yusuf wrote on X. – Bernama
