Pakistan is making efforts to bring the concerned parties back to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as part of ongoing diplomatic efforts to reduce regional tensions and support a lasting de-escalation, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday.
Speaking at the weekly media briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said Islamabad remained actively engaged in facilitating dialogue.
“We are doing our utmost to bring the parties back to the Islamabad MOU so that all irritants can be removed in the light of the Islamabad MOU and the Pakistan-Qatar Joint Statement of June 22,” he said.
Andrabi said negotiations were continuing to normalise the situation, particularly in the Strait of Hormuz, and to prevent further escalation.
“The negotiations between the parties are ongoing to normalise the situation, particularly the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, and as well as to de-escalate,” he said.
While noting that the situation had been relatively calm in recent days, the spokesperson cautioned that the overall security environment remained fragile.
“We note with concern that the security situation remains precarious, despite the relative calm of the past few days, which had rekindled hopes that this positive development, this calm, would consolidate into a durable and fully respected ceasefire and pave the way for dialogue,” Andrabi said.
Reaffirming Pakistan’s position, he stressed that diplomacy remained the only sustainable way forward.