DPM Dar departs for Istanbul ahead of R-4 bloc, European E3 diplomats’ meetings

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has departed for Istanbul to attend a meeting of R-4 bloc foreign ministers and an R-4+E-3 meeting on Friday, the Foreign Office (FO) said. The R-4 group, comprising Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, emerged in March and has been focusing on regional security and mediation efforts between the United States and Iran. The E-3 group comprises three European powers — France, the United Kingdom and Germany — that established the grouping more than 20 years ago to advance diplomatic coordination on Iran’s nuclear programme. FO said DPM…