ISLAMABAD – China and Pakistan invite dialogue and diplomatic action to secure sustainable peace and stability across the region, according to the Pakistani foreign ministry’s statement on Sunday, which emphasized resolving disputes peacefully and cooperatively.
This move appears amid heightened tension between the United States and Iran and ongoing fighting between Yemen’s Iran‑aligned Houthi militia and Saudi Arabia. These conflicts have ignited concerns of a broader regional crisis, jeopardizing energy security, key trade routes, and economic stability throughout the Middle East and beyond.
Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong addressed Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Islamabad, where the two leaders discussed deeper bilateral cooperation and highlighted the value of sustained high‑level exchanges to strengthen their partnership.
The foreign ministry noted that the meeting offered a platform to exchange insights on regional developments and reaffirmed the central role of diplomatic dialogue in achieving lasting peace and stability.
A day earlier, Tehran’s ambassador to Islamabad indicated that Iran remains open to dialogue with the United States under a Pakistan‑brokered interim agreement reached in June to conclude the conflict, while accusing Washington of obstructing diplomacy and inflating the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.
Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam reported that Iran has conveyed, via Pakistan, its readiness to reopen the Strait of Hormuz should the United States lift its naval blockade, yet he accused President Donald Trump of dismissing the offer, insisting that the blockade on Iranian ports would persist.
Pakistan and Qatar were instrumental in brokering the June agreement, which aimed to restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, lift the U.S. naval blockade, and launch negotiations toward a comprehensive settlement of Iran’s nuclear program. The deal soon faltered, and both nations renewed hostilities in the Strait and beyond.
Islamabad has repeatedly emphasized that diplomacy and dialogue are the only viable paths toward ending the conflict and called on the parties to revert to the framework established by the June agreement.