Iran's foreign minister to visit Pakistan to rebuild ties

ISLAMABAD－Pakistan said on Monday that Iran's foreign minister will visit the country next week, signaling efforts to mend relations after the neighbors exchanged missile strikes last week at what they said were militant targets.

Ambassadors of both countries have also been asked to return to their posts by Friday, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said. Iran's Foreign Ministry confirmed that Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian would visit on Monday, and said its ambassador would resume duties in Islamabad on Friday.

Pakistan had recalled its ambassador to Teheran and had not allowed his counterpart to return to Islamabad. It had also canceled all high-level diplomatic and trade engagements.