{"id":10942,"date":"2026-04-11T12:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=10942"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:03:59","slug":"pm-shehbaz-meets-iranian-delegation-at-islamabad-talks-reaffirms-pakistans-mediation-role-for-regional-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/pm-shehbaz-meets-iranian-delegation-at-islamabad-talks-reaffirms-pakistans-mediation-role-for-regional-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz meets Iranian delegation at Islamabad Talks, reaffirms Pakistan\u2019s mediation role for regional peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday held a meeting with a high-level Iranian delegation participating in the Islamabad Talks, reaffirming Pakistan\u2019s commitment to facilitating dialogue for regional and global peace.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian side was led by Speaker of the Iranian Consultative Assembly Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and assisted by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10945\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b5a03941-e310-45d3-8cdb-25d90474fc67.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"636\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Appreciating Iran\u2019s constructive engagement in the Islamabad Talks, the Prime Minister affirmed Pakistan\u2019s sincere resolve to continue playing its role as a mediator to help build momentum toward achieving meaningful outcomes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the Pakistani side, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, and Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi attended the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10947\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d622a48f-8fda-4f05-a054-9953acc7c021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister emphasized that Pakistan remains committed to supporting all efforts aimed at advancing dialogue and fostering lasting peace and stability in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is part of a series of high-level engagements taking place in Islamabad as key stakeholders gather to pursue diplomatic solutions to ongoing regional tensions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10948\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ffaf8fbe-d64a-4e0e-beb5-6ef62c380c2b-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"491\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday held a meeting with a high-level Iranian delegation participating in the Islamabad Talks, reaffirming Pakistan\u2019s commitment to facilitating dialogue for regional and global peace. The Iranian side was led by Speaker of the Iranian Consultative Assembly Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and assisted by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Appreciating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,65,54,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","category-diplomatic-missions","category-foreign-missions","category-middle-east","category-national","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85671,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10942\/revisions\/85671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}