Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar Holds High-Level Telephone Conversations with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Egyptian Counterpart Dr. Badr Abdelatty; Stresses Dialogue and R4 Framework Cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has also been carrying out high level diplomatic engagements with Foreign Ministers of other countries, holding separate phone conversations with Iranian Foreign Minister Dr. Abbas Araghchi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Dr. Badr Abdelatty, in order to discuss the developing regional challenges and security situation.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Deputy Prime Minister Dar and Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi talked about the regional situation and preparations for the upcoming meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in which Dar “stressed the necessity of dialogue and peaceful negotiation to solve the problems of the region. Both leaders expressed the desire to keep in touch.
Key takeaways from Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar’s Diplomatic Engagements
Both leaders affirmed in their separate telephone conversation with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Dr. Badr Abdelatty their full support for the territorial integrity, security and sovereignty of Saudi Arabia.
Strategic Cooperation under R4 Framework: Talks were also held on the R4 (Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey and Saudi Arabia) framework cooperation between the two sides.
The two leaders pledged to meet at the next meeting of the R4 framework at the earliest to deepen bilateral and multilateral relations, and agreed that they were both mutually committed to regional stability and diplomatic coordination, which went to the heart of the R4 group.Both leaders agreed to meet at an upcoming R4 meeting with the goal of strengthening bilateral and multilateral relations, and they both affirmed their shared desire and commitment to regional stability and diplomatic coordination, at the core of R4 relations.