Many Pak generals have cosied up to US presidents. So, this version isn’t surprising. Deals, like on cryptocurrency, cringe-worthy flattery, and Pak-Saudi-Türkiye-Egypt emerging quad have made Munir the go-between. But, any peace talk is good for India
When Gen Asim Munir landed in Tehran on Wednesday, armed with an American truce offer, he was following up on the weekend’s 21 hours of direct US-Iran negotiations, held in Islamabad – the most substantive bilateral engagement between Washington and Tehran, since the severing of diplomatic relations, in 1979. That Pakistan provided both a venue and diplomatic channel for this extraordinary encounter, should not come as a total surprise.