Pakistan Says Hormuz Deal Could Reopen U.S.-Iran Technical Talks

Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi told a weekly press briefing that his government hopes an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz will pave the way for continuing dialogue, particularly the resumption of technical level talks between Iran and the United States. Pakistan brokered the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding in June, and tit-for-tat strikes resumed days later. Iran has held de facto control of the strait since the United States and Israel launched their war against it in February. Andrabi credited Oman's role in de-escalation and said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir travel to Saudi Arabia from August 6 to 8.