Pakistan Says PM Khan to Visit Iran Soon
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to visit Iran and Saudi Arabia, the foreign office in Islamabad said, weeks after Islamabad said Washington had asked it to mediate with Tehran.
“The possibility of a visit of the prime minister to Saudi Arabia and Iran is on the cards and I will update you as things unfold,” Pakistan’s foreign office spokesman, Mohammad Fasisal, told a news briefing, Reuters reported.
The announcement of the possible visit comes after Khan last month described a request by US President Donald Trump, asking the Pakistani leader to help defuse tensions with Iran.
Faisal declined to comment when asked whether the visit was related to the mediation request.
Tensions have elevated between Iran and Saudi Arabia since a retaliatory attack by Houthis on Saudi oil facilities on September 14. Saudi Arabia along with the US blamed the attack on Iran.
Khan said after a meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York that he was “trying and mediating” and had also spoken with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani.
