MOSCOW, August 5. /TASS/. Pakistan’s Ambassador to Moscow, Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, stated in an interview with TASS that there are closed contacts regarding the current conflict between Washington and Tehran.
"Pakistan believes in diplomacy. And that's what we do, and that's what we say. We like to work with all the regional partners who are invested in peace in the region. So we have open channels of communications. Some [require] diplomatic means, but not open channels. We are negotiating, and we are a channel of communication both between the US and Iran," the Pakistani diplomat noted, commenting on the situation surrounding the Iranian-US conflict.
He emphasized that the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding signed in June serves as confirmation of Pakistan’s effective mediating role. "And, of course, that's what Pakistan says, that the more regional players are involved, the better it is. Because the reason you have to have the involvement of regional actors who are directly involved or which are one of the in the region. So Pakistan has always been a country which has always stood for negotiated settlements of conflicts," the ambassador concluded.
The US and Israel launched military operations against Iran on February 28. In June, Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding providing for an immediate ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon. However, the United States resumed large-scale airstrikes on Iran early on July 8, accusing Tehran of violating previous agreements on the Strait of Hormuz.