Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that “things are moving in the right direction” to end the war between the US and Iran, Anadolu reports.

In his comments ahead of a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang in Beijing, Sharif said that Islamabad’s continued mediation to reach a negotiated settlement between the two warring parties has already shown progress and “things are moving in the direction of

In the statement broadcast by Pakistani state television, he said Pakistan played a “sincere role to mediate between the US and Iran”.

Sharif hailed the role of Pakistani army chief Asim Munir, who, he said, remained in touch with the leadership of both sides.

Munir was in Tehran last week to hold talks with senior Iranian leadership as part of Islamabad’s mediation on to end the conflict in the Middle East.

“We hope and pray that peace will be restored and a lot of work has already been done,” Sharif said, thanking the Chinese leadership for their support of Islamabad’s mediation efforts.

“I think we should really be together so that the world in general can be at peace and business can resume as usual because this crisis has hit not only the economy in the region but also the global community,” he said. he.

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