Iranian president expected to arrive in Pakistan tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is expected to pay a one-day visit to Pakistan on Tuesday, government sources in Islamabad told Anadolu on Monday.

According to IRNA, a key item on the agenda will be to convey Tehran’s appreciation to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for Pakistan’s mediation efforts between Iran and the United States.

The visit will also focus on maintaining high-level bilateral engagement, advancing ongoing cooperation, and reviewing the implementation of previously agreed economic initiatives between the two countries, IRNA said.

Sources at the Iranian embassy in Islamabad confirmed to HUM News English that President Pezeshkian will visit Pakistan tomorrow.

The visit will mark Pezeshkian’s first overseas trip since the United States and Israel launched a joint military campaign against Iran in late February. An official confirmation of the trip from the foreign ministries is still awaited.

Pakistan has positioned itself as the primary mediator between the warring factions following an April 8 ceasefire. The US and Iran recently signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding to halt hostilities and held a round of direct, high-level negotiations in Switzerland over the weekend.

During his brief stay in Islamabad, Pezeshkian is scheduled to hold separate meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Prime Minister Sharif returned from the Swiss lake city of Bürgenstock, where he chaired high-stakes quadrilateral peace talks between the United States, Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar on Sunday.

Pezeshkian last paid an official state visit to Islamabad in August.