ISLAMABAD, Jan 20 (AFP): Pakistan and Iran "agreed to de-escalate" tensions Friday, Islamabad said, after trading deadly airstrikes on militant targets in each other's territory this week.
The rare military actions in the porous border region of Baluchistan-split between the two nations-had stoked regional tensions already enflamed by the Israel-Hamas war.
Iran carried out a missile and drone attack on what it called "terrorist" targets in Pakistan on Tuesday night, with Pakistan in turn striking militant targets inside Iran on Thursday. Pakistan recalled its ambassador from Tehran and said Iran's envoy-on a visit home-was blocked from returning to Islamabad.
But after speaking by phone, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian agreed "close coordination on counter terrorism and other aspects of mutual concern should be strengthened"
Pakistan, Iran agree to 'de-escalate' after air strikes
FE Team | Published: January 20, 2024 21:31:00
Pakistan, Iran agree to 'de-escalate' after air strikes
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