ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran have mutually agreed that ambassadors of both neighboring countries may return to their respective posts by Friday, January 26, 2024. This understanding was reached following a telephonic conversation between the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and Iran,
In a joint statement issued on Monday, the Foreign Office said that at the invitation of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian will undertake a visit to Pakistan on January 29.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran, Mudassir Tipu, said he was “so delighted that leaderships of both Pakistan and Iran so deftly handled a challenging moment astutely- swiftly putting relations back on track.” “We have great potential ahead, and both brotherly countries must collectively promote peace and development in the region,” he said.
I am so delighted that leaderships of both 🇵🇰 and 🇮🇷 so deftly handled a challenging moment astutely- swiftly putting relations back on track. We have great potential ahead & both brotherly countries must collectively promote peace & development in region .
— Ambassador Mudassir (@AmbMudassir) January 22, 2024
On Jan 17, Pakistan Withdraws Ambassador from Iran
Pakistan on January 17 withdrew its ambassador from Iran and announced that it would not allow the Iranian envoy visiting his home country at that time to return to protest at a “blatant breach” of its sovereignty after Tehran said it launched missile attacks in southwestern Pakistan.
The next day, on January 18, Pakistan launched strikes on terrorists’ hideouts inside Iran in a retaliatory attack two days after Tehran violated the country’s sovereignty by launching a strike in Balochistan that left two children dead and injured three girls.
In a statement, the Pakistan Army said the hideouts used by terrorist militant organizations, namely Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), were successfully struck in an intelligence-based operation, code-named — “Marg Bar Sarmachar”.
