ISLAMABAD: Egypt’s Foreign Minister Dr. Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty has commended Pakistan’s contribution to advancing peace and stability in the region and beyond.
During a phone call with Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar, he congratulated Pakistan on the signing of Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran, a Foreign Office statement said on Thursday.
“The two leaders also noted the positive significance of this development for the global economic outlook,” it said.
Deputy Prime Minister / Foreign Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50 spoke this afternoon with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister congratulated Pakistan on the signing of Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and… pic.twitter.com/NgLqCh6s6Q
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) June 18, 2026
They also discussed the forthcoming Regional Four (R-4) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Egypt), to be held in Al Alamein, Egypt, in the coming days.
On Thursday morning, US President Donald Trump, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and mediator Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.
Trump put his signature to the memorandum of understanding during a candlelit dinner at the Palace of Versailles following a G7 summit.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said the document “was finalised with the signatures of the presidents.”
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sharif signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in his capacity as mediator, formally sealing a historic peace agreement between Iran and the United States.
Prime Minister Sharif said on X that it “shall enter into force with immediate effect.”
“As a first step, the Islamic Republic of Iran will instantly reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the United States of America will immediately lift the naval blockade,” Sharif wrote.
Once a final agreement is reached on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, the United States will facilitate the release of a $300 billion reconstruction fund supported by regional nations, the deal says.
Following the peace deal, direct talks between the US and Iran are scheduled to take place in Switzerland on Friday, the Swiss government said on Thursday.
