CAIRO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Sunday discussed efforts to de-escalate regional tensions and the progress of U.S.-Iran dialogue over phone.
Abdelatty stressed the importance of resuming the U.S.-Iran dialogue toward reaching understandings that achieve calm, as well as the necessity of resorting to dialogue and diplomacy to reduce escalation and spare the region repercussions of an expanding conflict, read a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.
The two sides urged maintaining joint coordination and consultation to reduce tensions, resuming negotiations, and promoting political solutions away from any military escalation, read the statement.
They also discussed other issues of common interest, including the Palestinian cause, read the statement.
Iran, the United States and Israel reached a ceasefire on April 8 after 40 days of fighting that started with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran on Feb. 28.
Following the truce, Iranian and U.S. delegations held one round of peace talks in Pakistan's Islamabad on April 11 and 12, which failed to yield an agreement.
Over the past weeks, the two sides have reportedly exchanged several proposed plans outlining conditions for ending the conflict through Pakistani mediation. Enditem
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