Pakistan is joining a growing list of countries acting as go-betweens for the United States and Iran, four sources told NBC News, with two of those sources saying an in-person meeting could be held in the coming days in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital.
A diplomatic source said Pakistan is in conversations with both the U.S. and Iran and is “well poised to play an active role” in discussions to end the war, which has killed more than 2,000 people and displaced millions as it enters its fourth week. A Gulf official said Pakistan had been passing messages between the two countries for the past two days.
For the first time since the conflict began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. and Iran had held “very good and productive conversations” and that the discussions would “continue throughout the week.” The announcement was
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