Pakistan's Foreign Minister told Iran's Foreign Minister that they must remain committed to dialogue and diplomacy

Pakistan has historically positioned itself as an intermediary in Gulf and Iranian disputes, given its relationships on both sides and its shared border with Iran, so readouts urging dialogue tend to surface when regional tension is elevated and back-channels are active. The distinction that matters is between performative diplomacy, a call read out with no follow-through, and genuine de-escalation efforts, which in past episodes have been followed by further contacts, mediator shuttles, or ceasefire frameworks. Where tension with Iran has been the driver of crude risk premia, the transmission channel has been freight, insurance, and the threat to Gulf shipping rather than immediate supply loss, and conciliatory signals have tended to trim that premium only modestly until corroborated. Worth noting is whether counterparties issue matching readouts and whether any scheduled talks or further ministerial contact follow, since repetition across actors is what has distinguished real diplomatic tracks from noise.