NEW DELHI: The
Pakistan
foreign ministry on Monday announced that ambassadors of Pakistan and
Iran
have been asked to
return
to their
respective posts
by
January 26
, in an effort to rebuild relations days after the neighbours exchanged missile and drone strikes last week.
Pakistan further said that the Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian will visit the country next week.
"At the invitation of foreign minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, will undertake a visit to Pakistan on 29 January 2024," a Pakistan foreign office statement said.
Pakistan and Iran have reached an agreement to de-escalate tensions following recent deadly airstrikes on militant targets in their respective territories.
The airstrikes took place in the Baluchistan region, which is split between the two countries. These military actions had further fueled regional tensions that were already heightened due to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Last week, Iran conducted a missile and drone attack on what it called "terrorist" targets in Pakistan. In response, Pakistan struck militant targets inside Iran on Thursday. This led to Pakistan recalling its ambassador from Tehran and blocking Iran's envoy from returning to Islamabad.
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