Iran and Pakistan recover diplomatic normality after bombing exchanges

Iran and Pakistan They announced this Monday a return to normality in their diplomatic relations, after an exchange of bombings last week.

“In a telephone conversation between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the two sides agreed that the ambassadors of both countries will return to their posts by January 26”they indicated in a joint statement.

At the invitation of Khalil Abbas Jilani, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, his Iranian counterpart, Amir Abdollahian, will pay a visit to Islamabad on January 29, the statement said.

On Wednesday, Pakistan had recalled its ambassador in Tehranand announced that the Iranian ambassador, who was in his country at the time, would not be able to return to Islamabad.

The decision came after Iran attacked a “terrorist” group on Pakistani soil with missiles and drones. Pakistan responded to that attack by bombing other insurgent groups in Iran.

Both attacks caused a total of eleven deaths, mostly women and children, according to authorities.

The two countries, which have never before carried out attacks of such magnitude on their neighbor’s territory, have faced insurrections for decades in the region of Balochistan, located on both sides of their common border.

After this sudden rise in tension, the two sides announced on Friday that they had agreed to lower the climate.

The exchange of bombings angered the international community, after Iran attacked other targets last week in Syria and Iraq, and in the midst of tension in the region due to the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip.