INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a get in touch with Thursday in which they discussed
promoting “& ldquo; a durable peace between Israel and Iran, & rdquo; the State Department stated in a statement.President Donald Trump,
earlier today, announced a ceasefire between U.S
ally Israel and its regional competing Iran to stop a war that began on June 13 when Israel attacked Iran, Reuters reported
Trump fulfilled Pakistan’& rsquo; s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House recently where they went over Iran, which Trump
stated Pakistan learnt about much better than many other countries.A section of Pakistan’& rsquo; s embassy in Washington represents
Iran’& rsquo; s interests in the United States, as Tehran does not have diplomatic relations with the U.S.“& ldquo; The two leaders
acknowledged the significance of working together to promote a durable peace between Israel and Iran,” & rdquo; the U.S
State Department said in a declaration.“& ldquo; Secretary Rubio highlighted Iran can never develop or obtain a nuclear weapon.”& rdquo;
The Israel-Iran dispute had actually raised alarms in an area that was already on edge given that the start of Israel’& rsquo; s war in
struck Iran’& rsquo; s nuclear websites over the last weekend and Iran targeted a U.S
base in Qatar on Monday in retaliation, before Trump revealed an Israel-Iran ceasefire.Israel is the only Middle Eastern nation widely
believed to have nuclear weapons and stated its war against Iran aimed to avoid Tehran from developing its own nuclear weapons
Iran is a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty while Israel is not.Pakistan condemned Israeli and U.S
strikes on Iran even as it said previously this month it was nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in bringing a four-day
India-Pakistan dispute to an end last month.The post US speak to Pakistan about promoting ‘& lsquo; durable peace in between Israel and
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