Bahrain FM plans Pakistan visit to thank leadership for facilitating Islamabad MoU

Expresses hope that the agreement will contribute to lasting peace and stability in the region

Bahrain's Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani on Sunday said that he will visit Pakistan in the near future to personally thank the country's leadership for its role in facilitating the "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)" and the ceasefire, the Foreign Office (FO) said.

According to the FO, Al Zayani conveyed the message during a telephone conversation with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar.

Deputy Prime Minister / Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50 held a telephone conversation today with the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, H.E. Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani.

The two leaders discussed the latest evolving regional situation… pic.twitter.com/f54nQELkIp

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) June 28, 2026

The Bahraini foreign minister congratulated Dar on the signing of the Islamabad MoU and praised Pakistan's role in facilitating the understanding.

He "appreciated Pakistan's constructive role in facilitating the understanding" and expressed hope that the agreement "would contribute to lasting peace and stability in the region," the Foreign Office said.

Al Zayani also said he would visit Pakistan "in the near future in order to personally thank the prime minister, DPM/FM and CDF for their great efforts to achieve the ceasefire".

The two foreign ministers also discussed the evolving regional situation following the signing of the Islamabad MoU. Dar thanked his Bahraini counterpart "for his kind sentiments" and reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to diplomacy.

He reiterated Pakistan's resolve "to promote dialogue and diplomacy for achieving peace and stability in the region and beyond," according to the Foreign Office.

The call comes a week after the first round of four-party talks involving Iran and the US, with mediation by Qatar and Pakistan, concluded in Switzerland, marking the first formal follow-up engagement since the signing of the agreement earlier this week.

On June 18, PM Shehbaz signed the 'Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding' as a mediator, formalising the major diplomatic breakthrough between the US and Iran. Israel, left out of the peace talks, has distanced itself from the US-Iran accord and kept up fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon, also raising questions about whether ​the agreement would hold.

The US and Israel launched the war on Iran ⁠on February 28, assassinating Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and military leaders on the first day. It quickly spiralled into a regional conflict that has killed more than 7,000 people, mostly in Iran and Lebanon; driven up energy prices; renewed inflationary pressures and sparked concerns about a ​major food supply crisis in developing countries.