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Pakistan is working to bring the US and Iran to the negotiating table and prevent efforts to undermine the peace process, according to the country’s Foreign Ministry, as the 60-day MoU deadline is set to expire on Sunday.

Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has visited Tehran for discussions with Iranian officials as part of mediation efforts to halt the US-Israel war and unblock the Strait of Hormuz.