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/ Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will head to Pakistan next week at the invitation of Pakistani Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani.
The foreign ministries of Iran and Pakistan agreed in a joint statement that the ambassadors of the two countries would return to their missions by January 26.
Following the telephone conversation between the foreign ministers of Iran and Pakistan, the two sides agreed in a statement that the ambassadors of the two countries will return to their places of work by January 26, 2024. Hossein Amir Abdollahian will visit Pakistan on January 29, 2024 at the invitation of Pakistani Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry also announced the resumption of diplomatic relations between Iran and Pakistan, and the return of the ambassadors of the two countries as of January 26.
The ministry also confirmed that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will visit Islamabad on January 29.
A joint statement issued by the Pakistani and Iranian foreign ministries said: “Following the telephone conversation between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Iran, the two sides agreed that the ambassadors of the two countries would return to their duties with effect from January 26, 2024.”
The statement added: “Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will visit Islamabad at the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani on January 29.”
Tensions between Iran and Pakistan have escalated after attacks were exchanged deep inside the two countries, with Iran targeting the Jaish al-Adl organization in Pakistan with a missile attack, while Pakistan responded with strikes targeting the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, which resulted in a death toll in the border area in Iran of 7 to 9 people, according to official media in Tehran.
Although relations between the two countries have been somewhat tense in the past, these strikes are unprecedented between two neighbours who share a land border of about 700 kilometres.