Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met US Chargé d'Affaires Natalie A. Baker in Islamabad, urging implementation of the June 18 Islamabad MoU as the only path forward on the stalled US-Iran conflict. The ceasefire framework had set a 60-day window for Washington and Tehran to negotiate limits on Iran's nuclear program and sanctions relief, but Trump declared the process 'over' on July 7 after US strikes on Iran and Iranian attacks on US interests; Iran's Foreign Ministry called it merely 'suspended.'
The conflict has disrupted roughly a fifth of global oil trade and a quarter of seaborne LNG exports moving through the Strait of Hormuz. Baker reportedly praised Pakistan's 'constructive role' in regional stability and passed along Independence Day wishes, while Dar held similar meetings with the UK, Egyptian and Chinese diplomats, exchanging cooperation talk and holiday greetings but no apparent new movement on the deadlock.
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