Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar spoke on call this afternoon with Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi, the Foreign Office says.

It said that Dar “emphasised the need for continued dialogue and engagement as essential to resolving the current issues as soon as possible for promoting the peace and stability in the region and beyond”.

“Both leaders agreed to remain in close contact and also concurred on a phone call” between Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and PM Shehbaz Sharif later today, the FO said.

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