Inside story of Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar suddenly arriving in Washington amid Iran-US conflict, secret meeting with Marco Rubio

Amidst the ongoing fierce military tension in West Asia and the very delicate diplomatic negotiations going on between America and Iran, another major international development has come to light. Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has reached Washington, the capital of the United States of America (US), on a very important and suddenly decided official visit. On reaching Washington, Pakistani Ambassador to the US Rizwan Saeed Sheikh and several senior embassy officials welcomed him at the airport. Ishaq Dar’s US visit is taking place at a time when a draft of a 60-day peace agreement (MoU) has been prepared between Washington and Tehran. However, while Iran has so far maintained complete silence on this megadeal, US President Donald Trump has also said that he is currently considering this draft in depth.

Meeting time changed at the last moment, talks between Dar and Marco Rubio will be held behind closed doors

According to diplomatic sources, there is a lot of diplomatic activity going on behind the scenes regarding the upcoming meeting between Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. According to the official statement of the Pakistani Foreign Ministry, this meeting of the two leaders was earlier scheduled for Thursday, but due to global developments and some highly confidential reasons, the time of this meeting was changed at the last moment. The ministry confirmed that Ishaq Dar and Marco Rubio will not only comprehensively review US-Pakistan bilateral relations, but also have in-depth discussions on regional and global issues of mutual interest, especially the Iran crisis. The main focus of this conversation is to restore regional peace and stability through dialogue and diplomacy.

Big claim of Dawn newspaper: Pakistan trying to become a ‘middleman’ between America and Iran

According to an investigative report of Pakistan’s prestigious newspaper ‘Dawn’, this visit of Ishaq Dar is a major effort of Pakistan to revive its long-standing strategic partnership with Washington. In fact, for the last several weeks, Pakistan has been trying to establish itself as an active mediator between America and Iran in this entire global crisis. Pakistan’s geographical location is adjacent to Iran, hence it is most afraid of this war. The report said that in recent times, Pakistan’s top military and political officials have been in regular contact with US officials and Iranian security leadership through back-channel diplomacy.

Suspense increased after Trump’s cabinet meeting in White House, America’s stance still strict

Even though Pakistan is vowing to mediate in this matter, the attitude of both America and Iran still remains very sharp and aggressive. Immediately after the high-level cabinet meeting chaired by President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, both countries have warned of new military attacks against each other. After the cabinet meeting, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while speaking to the media, said that the Biden-Trump administration is hopeful that some concrete progress can be seen on the diplomatic front in the next few hours or days. However, at the same time, Rubio warned Iran in a very strong tone that if this path of diplomacy fails completely, then America has all other military options fully on the table to teach Iran a lesson.