Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday travelled to Tehran as part of Islamabad's ongoing diplomatic efforts to foster dialogue between Iran and the United States amid fresh attacks.
High-level meetings with Iranian government officials with the aim to promote dialogue between Iran and the US are planned, Pakistani security and diplomatic sources told dpa on Saturday.
The Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported after Naqvi's arrival in Tehran late on Saturday that meetings with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi were scheduled.
The government-aligned ISNA news agency reported that the Pakistani interior minister was also expected to deliver a message from Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei during his trip.
Naqvi is seen as a close confidante of Munir, who has also visited Iran as part of Islambad's effort to mediate between the warring parties.
The interior minister has been shuttling between Tehran and Islamabad since the first round of direct talks between Iran and the US.
The visit comes on the heels of Naqvi's meetings with his Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) interior ministers' meeting in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday and Friday.
“Both interior ministers emphasized the need to continue diplomatic efforts consistently for sustainable peace in the region,” the Pakistani Interior Ministry said in a statement following the meeting.
The United States and Iran have recently again attacked each other in the Gulf region despite a ceasefire, which has been in place for almost two months after the war began on February 28.
