Iran's president says trust needed for talks, Pakistan prime minister's office says


FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, February 21, 2026. Iran's Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

ISLAMABAD, March ⁠28 (Reuters) - Iranian President ⁠Masoud Pezeshkian has told ‌Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that trust is needed ​to facilitate talks ⁠and mediation on ⁠the conflict in the ⁠Middle East, ‌the prime minister's office ⁠said on Saturday.

It said Pezeshkian ​had ‌praised Pakistan's diplomatic efforts ⁠and that ​the two leaders had discussed hostilities in ⁠the region and ​efforts to end the conflict during a call that ⁠lasted over an hour. Sharif briefed Pezeshkian on Pakistan's diplomatic contacts ​with the ⁠United States and Gulf ​states, it ‌said.

(Reporting by Ariba ​Shahid in Islamabad, Editing by Timothy Heritage)

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