Top Pakistani and Iranian officials were seen exchanging encouraging communications, indicating that the escalating hostilities over Tehran’s “illegal” strike are abating.
Speaking on her X handle, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch posted a tête-à-tête with Iranian counterpart Seyed Rasoul Mousavi and Additional Foreign Secretary Rahim Hayat Qureshi, noting: “Some positive exchanges.”
The event occurred just hours after Pakistan on Thursday carried out retaliatory strikes on terrorists’ hideouts inside Iran. Two days prior, Tehran had breached the nation’s sovereignty by carrying out an attack in Balochistan that resulted in the deaths of two toddlers and the injuries of three girls.
The Pakistan Army claimed in a statement that the “Marg Bar Sarmachar” intelligence-based operation has effectively targeted the terrorist organizations’ hideouts, such as the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF).
The FO additional secretary expressed in an X post today that he shared the feelings of “dear brother Seyed Rasoul Mousavi” in response to his Iranian counterpart’s letter.
According to him, Pakistan and Iran have fraternal relations and should work together to find constructive solutions to all of their problems.
