Over a feverish few days of diplomacy, Pakistan’s military and civilian politicians successfully divided West Asia between them to push for a second round of U.S.-Iran peace talks expected to take place in Islamabad this week.
The country’s powerful military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, headed to Tehran on Wednesday for what would become a three-day trip, where Iranian leaders said he carried US proposals for a second round of peace talks.
Simultaneously, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his foreign minister conducted a whirlwind diplomatic tour across regional allies Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey.
The twin trips illustrate the coordination at play in what is often described as a “hybrid regime” in Pakistan, and Munir’s central role in the negotiating process.
– AFP
