{"id":97951,"date":"2026-05-19T11:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/?p=97951"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:01:07","slug":"iran-turkiye-intensify-diplomatic-contacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/iran-turkiye-intensify-diplomatic-contacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran, Turkiye intensify diplomatic contacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN<br \/>\nIranian and Turkish foreign ministers held important consultations on the rapidly evolving situation in the Middle East, discussing ongoing diplomatic developments aimed at easing tensions and preventing further escalation in the region.<br \/>\nTurkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Iranian counterpart reviewed the latest regional security situation, including developments linked to the Gulf crisis and growing concerns over maritime security and regional stability. Ankara and Doha have repeatedly stressed the need for dialogue and diplomacy to avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Qatar strongly condemned the recent attack on Saudi Arabia, terming it a \u201cserious threat\u201d to regional peace and security. Qatari officials warned that continued escalation could endanger maritime trade routes, energy supplies, and overall Gulf stability.<br \/>\nIn a significant diplomatic development, a senior Qatari minister praised Pakistan\u2019s \u201cconstructive and balanced role\u201d in ongoing regional diplomacy efforts. Qatar and Turkiye both acknowledged Pakistan\u2019s mediation initiatives and its active engagement with regional stakeholders aimed at reducing tensions and encouraging dialogue between rival parties.<br \/>\nDiplomatic sources said Pakistan\u2019s growing engagement has been welcomed by several regional countries amid fears of a broader confrontation affecting the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers held important consultations on the rapidly evolving situation in the Middle East, discussing ongoing diplomatic developments aimed at easing tensions and preventing further escalation in the region. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Iranian counterpart reviewed the latest regional security situation, including developments linked to the Gulf crisis &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":97934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97961,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97951\/revisions\/97961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}