DPM Dar arrives in Istanbul ahead of R-4 bloc, European diplomats’ meetings

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Istanbul to attend a meeting of R-4 bloc foreign ministers and an R-4 meeting with European diplomats 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. Dar left for Istanbul earlier in the day and is attending the meeting at the invitation of Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. In a post on X, FO said that upon arrival, Dar was received by the…