INTERVIEW – According to the American press, Islamabad has acted as an intermediary to resolve the conflict in the Middle East by transmitting the American peace proposal to the Iranians – before they rejected it.
Close to a month after the start of the war in the Middle East, initial discussions appear to be emerging between Washington and Tehran. On Tuesday, Donald Trump announced that the United States was “in negotiations” with Iran. Following this, the New York Times revealed the content of a 15-point peace plan that the Americans would have sent to the Iranians. This text would have been transmitted by Pakistan, a neighboring country to Iran that is discreetly emerging as a key negotiator in this conflict. Iran ultimately refused on Wednesday to follow up on the American proposal.
For Le Figaro, Karim Pakzad, an associate researcher at IRIS specializing in the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran region and the Kurdish question, decrypts this strategic posture that Pakistan is assuming for the first time in its history.
LE FIGARO. – What role is Pakistan currently playing in the conflict between the United States and Iran?
Karim Pakzad. – Donald Trump announced yesterday, Tuesday, March 24, that he was currently negotiating…
