Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad on Friday evening for talks with Pakistani officials, according to two Pakistani officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. The visit had been expected for the weekend and comes as Islamabad seeks to revive negotiations that were scheduled to resume this week but did not take place.
The officials said Araghchi could be accompanied by a small government delegation and may have arrived later on Friday. Iran did not immediately acknowledge the trip.
Pakistan has been trying to reinvigorate the negotiations aimed at ending a war that has caused thousands of deaths across the Middle East, disrupted energy markets, and clouded the global economic outlook.
On the same day, the White House announced that President Donald Trump had extended by 90 days a waiver of the Jones Act, which facilitates the transport of oil and natural gas by non-U.S. Vessels from the start of the war. Trump first announced a 60-day waiver in mid-March, a move seen as helping to stabilize energy prices and allow more ships to reach the United States following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
The development underscores ongoing diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions in a conflict that has had far-reaching consequences for regional stability and global energy flows.
