FM Dar and his Armenian counterpart sign document on sidelines of the 25th SCO Summit in Tianjin, China
\n Tianjin
\nPakistan and Armenia have formally signed a joint communique establishing diplomatic relations following announcement of the major breakthrough made by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar two days ago.
\nIn an X post, FM Dar said that he and his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan \u201care pleased to sign and exchange a Joint Communiqu\u00e9 establishing diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Armenia, on the sidelines of the 25th SCO Summit in Tianjin, China.\u201d
\n\u201cWe reaffirmed our commitment to the principles and objectives of the UN Charter, and agreed to work together to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in diverse fields, including economy, education, culture, and tourism,\u201d he added.
\nThe key development came days after foreign ministers of the two countries agreed to consider establishing Islamabad-Yerevan diplomatic ties following their telephonic conversation.
\nPakistan and Armenia\u2019s ties were shaped by regional geopolitical rivalry, with Islamabad consistently backing Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
\nThe development came weeks after Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a US-brokered peace agreement during a meeting with US President Donald Trump that analysts say would boost bilateral economic ties after decades of conflict.
\nArmenia and Azerbaijan have been at odds since the late 1980s when Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous Azerbaijani region mostly populated by ethnic Armenians, broke away from Azerbaijan with support from Armenia.
\nAzerbaijan took back full control of the region in 2023, prompting almost all of the territory\u2019s 100,000 ethnic Armenians to flee to Armenia.
\nReacting to the development, PM Shehbaz Sharif welcomed \u201cthe historic peace agreement\u201d and said that it marked the dawn of a new era of peace, stability, and cooperation in the South Caucasus, a region that has endured decades of conflict and human suffering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FM Dar and his Armenian counterpart sign document on sidelines of the 25th SCO Summit in Tianjin, China Tianjin Pakistan and Armenia have formally signed a joint communique establishing diplomatic relations following announcement of the major breakthrough made by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar two days ago. In an X post, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-500200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n