Pakistan Diplomacy: Key to Dialogue Despite Flop

Despite the flop of talks between the US and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistani diplomacy has proved its important role as a mediator.

Nevertheless, one cannot overlook the growing importance of Islamabad’s peacekeeping and mediation role in strengthening regional security. Pakistani diplomacy will evidently not rest on its laurels and will continue its efforts, seeking ways to resolve the crisis and the tense situation in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East.

The author had the opportunity to personally witness the seriousness and thoughtfulness of the Pakistani leadership’s approach to ensuring peace and stability in the region. At the end of March 2026, while in Islamabad at an event dedicated to the bilateral relations of the USSR and Russia with Pakistan, organized by the Russian embassy, I saw how responsibly this major South Asian country, which possesses nuclear capabilities, approaches issues of regional security.

Pakistan is proving its diplomatic weight

It was on Islamabad’s initiative that a meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Türkiye, and Saudi Arabia took place on March 29 this year. This was followed by a visit to Beijing by the country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, influential Senator........

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