PM Shehbaz hopes US-Iran MoU will lead to 'long, lasting' agreement

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed hope on Tuesday that the memorandum of understanding signed by the US and Iran before the two sides held talks in Switzerland over the weekend would turn into a “long-lasting agreement”.

He said this while addressing the National Assembly, where he recalled the developments at the recent summit in Swiss resort Burgenstock, where delegations from the US and Iran held an hours-long discussion with Pakistan and Qatar participating as mediators.

“Pakistan tried its best, with complete sincerity, to close the distance between the two sides,” he said, adding that the dialogue that began on Sunday stretched past midnight into Monday.

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