Egypt, Pakistan working on lasting peace plan

Egypt is ​working ​closely with Pakistan on a framework aimed at securing a ⁠lasting peace between the ⁠US and Iran, Foreign Minister ‌Badr Abdelatty said on ​Saturday. He ⁠said Egypt, ​Türkiye, Pakistan and ‌Saudi Arabia ​were coordinating a broader regional effort focused on preventing renewed escalation ‌and laying ​the groundwork for ​a ‌post-war security arrangement, ⁠stressing the importance of ​protecting Gulf states ⁠and stabilising ​energy markets, supply chains and food security. Ministers from the ​four countries held two ​meetings ‌in March as ⁠part of efforts to broker an end ​to the Iran war. ⁠Türkiye, a neighbour ​of Iran, has been in close touch with the US, Iran and ​mediator Pakistan. — Reuters