Trump Administration Seeks Pakistan's Help For Promoting “Durable Peace Between Israel and Iran”

Jun 27

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to discuss promoting “a durable peace between Israel and Iran,” the State Department said in a statement, according to Reuters. Both leaders "agreed to continue working together to strengthen Pakistan-US relations, particularly to increase trade", said a statement released by the Pakistan government.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

The call came after Iran and Israel agreed to a ceasefire to end what President Donald Trump described as a "12-day war". It is yet another indication of Pakistan's close ties with both Tehran and Washington. Pakistan strongly condemned Israel's "unprovoked attack" and the US bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities. It also shows Washington’s growing engagement with Islamabad at a time when the Trump administration is exploring a new diplomatic initiative with Tehran, possibly “as early as next week”. President Trump met Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House last week where they discussed Iran, which Trump said Pakistan knew about better than most other countries.

Earlier in May this year, President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary Rubio arranged India-Pakistan ceasefire after 4 days of fighting between the two South Asian neighbors. Testifying before the US Congress earlier this month, the US Central Command Chief General Michael Kurilla described Pakistan as a “phenomenal partner in the counterterrorism world”. This statement coincided with the Washington visit of the Indian parliamentary delegation led by Shashi Tharoor. Tharoor's delegation's aim was to "isolate Pakistan" after the Pahalgam militant attack in Kashmir which India blamed on Pakistan without presenting any evidence.

Pakistan also enjoys close ties with China and Russia. China-Pakistan friendship has meant significant diplomatic support and massive investment in infrastructure, as well as the state-of-the-art military hardware for the country's armed forces. Russia, too, has drawn closer to Pakistan. It has recently agreed to invest in a modern steel plant in Karachi where an abandoned Soviet-era steel mill stands today.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers

At a recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers meeting in China, nine member countries(China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Iran and Belarus) rejected India's attempt to insert a reference to Pahalgam in the joint statement. Earlier, India distanced itself from SCO's joint condemnation of Israel’s attacks on Iran. India also abstained from voting on a UN resolution regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict, specifically related to the humanitarian situation in Gaza. This decision continues India's pattern of abstaining on resolutions criticizing Israel.

While India claims the mantle of the "Global South" leadership, its actions do not align with its ambition. On the other hand, Pakistan's policies and actions are much more aligned with those of the BRICS nations. Pakistan is not currently a member of the BRICS yet, but both China and Russia have publicly expressed support for its inclusion as a full member.

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"The emperor is naked!"
Modi 3.0
Modi’s Hollow Vishwaguru persona,
Diminished at Home, Diminished abroad .

Hartosh Singh Bal and Sushant Singh, discuss how Narendra Modi’s projected image as a “vishwaguru” is visionless and merely a spectacle aimed at his nationalist fanbase in India.
The Reflection of Modi’s diminished status in his third term, both in the BJP and vis-à-vis the RSS.

Modi’s role, from State Elections to Operation Sindoor, is now far smaller than the Prime Minister once insisted on.

Objective analysis by Hartosh Singh Bal and Sushant Singh, Calm and collected demeanour .
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Rabia Akhtar
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If it still takes an official statement by India’s Foreign Minister to convince Quad partners about India’s counterterrorism compulsions, then Ashley Tellis was right, India’s Pakistan obsession is a domestic compulsion, not a shared global concern. May 2025 should have clarified who provoked whom. That it didn’t, says more about how unconvinced India’s partners remain of its actions than about any imagined consensus on Pakistan.

https://x.com/Rabs_AA/status/1940114049657614515

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Sadanand Dhume
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Pretty unambiguous statement here from Jaishankar in Washington. Bottomline: For the Quad to work for India the grouping will have to take on board Indian concerns about Pakistan-backed terrorist groups.

https://x.com/dhume/status/1940083684025028766

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Dr. S. Jaishankar
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My remarks to the press before Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Washington DC.

https://x.com/DrSJaishankar/status/1940050732662845466

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🚨IS INDIA🇮🇳 A TROJAN HORSE WITHIN BRICS?

‘I think that India has been a problem for the BRICS. I think perhaps the major problem for the BRICS is India. India is an outlier. I don’t want to exaggerate, but some people even say that India’s a sort of Trojan horse inside BRICS.

I wouldn’t go that far, but I do think that Modi has shown some strange things from my perspective. How can he support Israel? How can he have a good relationship with Netanyahu when Netanyahu and Israel are doing what they’re doing?

What does that say about India? How do the Indian people feel when they see their government supporting a genocide in Gaza and silent on unilateral attacks against Iran by the US and Israel?

I understand what the motivations of India are. You know, also India fears China and feels the need to maintain a certain proximity with the US.

But that has become a major factor of weakness inside the BRICS grouping, in my opinion.’

-Prof. Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr., former Vice President of the New Development Bank, on the latest episode of Going Underground ahead of the BRICS+ Summit in Rio

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