Jan 22, 2024
Pakistan says Iran's foreign minister will visit the country next week
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister will visit Pakistan next week, the two countries said Monday, following
unprecedented attacks
on either side of the border last week that appeared to targetBaluch militant groups
with similar separatist goals.The countries
accuse each other
of providing a haven to the groups in their respective territories.Pakistan’s military and political leadership last Friday
moved to de-escalate
tensions with Iran. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said that Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian spoke to Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani to defuse the flare-up.Pakistan said in a statement Amirabdollahian that would visit the country on Jan. 29. The statement also said that the two foreign ministers agreed that the ambassadors from both countries could return to their posts by Jan. 26.
Pakistan recalled its ambassador amid the brief crisis and stopped Iran’s envoy from returning to his post.