Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday announced Pakistan and Armenia have agreed to consider establishing diplomatic relations.
In a post on X, he said this was decided during a telephonic conversation with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan. “Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan and I held a cordial conversation on phone today, and agreed to consider establishing diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Armenia,” he wrote.
Mirzoyan confirmed this, also in a posting on X. “Had an important [telephone] call with DPM and FM H.E. Ishaq Dar today. Following recent developments and in line with the vision of cooperative engagement both bilaterally and on multilateral platforms, we discussed establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Pakistan,” he wrote.
Pakistan and Armenia have yet to establish formal diplomatic ties due to Islamabad’s consistent backing of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. However, Azerbaijan and Armenia have recently inked a U.S.-brokered peace agreement, enabling for a shift in Pakistan’s policies.
The Armenia and Azerbaijan conflict stems from the Nagorno-Karabakh breaking away from Azerbaijan in the 1980s with support from Armenia. Azerbaijan regained control of the region in 2023.