Pakistan and Iran step down after week of conflict
Pakistan and Iran agree to de-escalate the current conflict between the countries, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says according to AFP.
"The two foreign ministers agree that cooperation and coordination regarding anti-terrorism and other common issues should be strengthened," the ministry writes.
According to sources to the Pakistani television channel Geo TV, diplomatic relations will be fully restored, writes Reuters.
This after a conflict flared up between the countries this week, when both sides attacked militia groups on each other's territory in the border region of Baluchistan.
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Analysis: For Pakistan, Iran's attack is unprecedented
Why now?
ask several analysts about the suddenly flared-up conflict between Iran and Pakistan.
In an analysis in The Independent, Riazat Butt asks another question: why do both Iran and Pakistan choose to attack separatists in neighboring countries, rather than the same separatists in their own country? This increases the risk of a conflict flaring up.
The reason, Butt believes, is domestic political reasons – Iran is experiencing increased pressure after terrorist acts by IS and Israel's war against Hamas. In Pakistan, the army wants to show itself strong, therefore it is necessary to respond to Iran's attack.
Another reason for the outraged reactions in Pakistan is that the Pakistani Prime Minister met the Iranian Foreign Minister just hours before Iran's attack. Therefore, the attack is unprecedented, writes Parham Ghobadi in an analysis for the BBC.
Ghobadi sees no possible escalation of the situation. The countries are even now and neither side benefits from this conflict, he writes.
But Riazat Butt points to another risk: that the separatist groups escalate the conflict. The Baluchistan Liberation Army vowed to avenge the dead after Pakistan's attack.
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