{"id":844,"date":"2026-05-12T16:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/?p=844"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:50:05","slug":"pakistan-azerbaijan-reaffirm-deep-ties-discuss-regional-peace-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/?p=844","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, Azerbaijan reaffirm deep ties, discuss regional peace efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday held a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, during which the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on regional developments, particularly ongoing peace efforts in the Middle East.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, the conversation focused on deepening the \u201cfraternal bonds\u201d between Pakistan and Azerbaijan and enhancing cooperation in trade, investment, energy and people-to-people exchanges.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full sm:w-full  media--center    media--uneven  media--stretch\" data-original-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cmshehbaz\/status\/2054208988540203118\">\n<div class=\"media__item  media__item--twitter  \"><span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmshehbaz\/status\/2054208988540203118\"><\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>PM Shehbaz conveyed his best wishes for the successful convening of the World Urban Forum in Baku next week and expressed confidence that, under President Aliyev\u2019s leadership, the forum would contribute meaningfully to the global urban development agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister also assured the Azerbaijani president that Pakistan would be well represented at the forum.<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders also discussed regional developments, with a particular focus on ongoing diplomatic and peace efforts in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Sharif appreciated President Aliyev\u2019s remarks regarding Pakistan\u2019s efforts to promote peace, dialogue and diplomacy in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister shared details of the conversation in a post on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday held a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, during which the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on regional developments, particularly ongoing peace efforts in the Middle East. According to the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, the conversation focused on deepening the \u201cfraternal bonds\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}