Pakistan says significant progress has been made in efforts to end the war between the United States and Iran, after the country's army chief and interior minister held a day of talks in Tehran on Monday.
The 60-day peace framework set out in the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, signed in June by Pakistan, Iran and the US, lapsed in mid-August without renewal — with Tehran saying Washington had failed to meet its conditions.
Pakistan is now pushing to bring both sides back to the negotiating table.
Hira Mustafa reports from Islamabad.
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Hira Mustafa in Islamabad says the presence of Pakistan's army chief in the Tehran delegation was seen as particularly significant because of his relationship with the White House.
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Hira Mustafa in Islamabad says Pakistan has so far offered no indication it has secured any protection from the latest round of American sanctions on Iran — and points to the stalled Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline as evidence of Islamabad's caution.
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