Pakistan and Iran agreed to de-escalate tensions that erupted after the 2 international locations carried out missile and drone strikes in opposition to one another earlier this week, Islamabad mentioned on Friday.
Pakistan mentioned that its International Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani “underscored the shut brotherly relations between Pakistan and Iran” throughout a dialog together with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
“The 2 overseas ministers agreed that working stage cooperation and shut coordination on counter terrorism and different elements of mutual concern ought to be strengthened,” the assertion mentioned. “Additionally they agreed to de-escalate the scenario. The return of ambassadors of the 2 international locations to their respective capitals was additionally mentioned,” it added.
On Thursday, Pakistan mentioned that it had launched air strikes on alleged militant hideouts in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province.
Iran’s state-run information company, IRNA, reported that three girls and 4 kids had been killed within the strikes.
This got here two days after Iran attacked alleged bases of the militant group Jaish al-Adl in Pakistan’s Balochistan province utilizing missiles and drones. The Iranian strikes killed two kids and injured three others, Pakistan mentioned.
Islamabad had described Tehran’s air strikes on its territory as an “unprovoked violation” of its airspace. It had additionally expelled the Iranian ambassador to Pakistan and recalled its envoy from Tehran.
The escalation in tensions between the 2 international locations adopted Iran’s strikes in northern Iraq on Monday at targets that it claimed had been Israeli “spy headquarters”. On the identical day, Tehran additionally launched assaults in opposition to targets allegedly linked to the Islamic State terrorist organisation in northern Syria.