ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister held talks with top Pakistani officials on Monday to try and mediate in the escalation between Islamabad and New Delhi after last month’s deadly attack on tourists in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.
Abbas Araghchi’s visit to Islamabad was the first by a foreign dignitary since tensions flared in the wake of the April 22 massacre of 26 people — most of them Indian Hindu tourists — in the town of Pahalgam, which India blames on Pakistan, an accusation that Islamabad denies.
Tehran has offered to help ease tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
Araghchi held separate meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister
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