ST. PETERSBURG, June 6. /TASS/. Pakistan is ready to mediate and host negotiations between Iran and the United States, Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Faisal Niaz Tirmizi told TASS in an interview on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
"Pakistan will always be available to be a facilitator, to be a mediator between the two countries," the diplomat said. "That's what we have told the Iranians -- that we are always available. And that's what we tell Iranians as well as our friends in the Gulf region -- that we are each other's neighbors. We have to have talks and negotiations."
In his view, "Pakistan as a [host] country is acceptable to both Iran as well as the United States."
Faisal Niaz Tirmizi went on to say that "Pakistan was the country which stopped the war in the first place."
"We believe that wars are not a solution to global problems. Especially when 22% of the world's energy supplies are coming through the Strait of Hormuz," he continued.
