Sources: Pakistan is still using the US-Iraq negotiating window or reopening it

On 9 July, according to the Iranian Student News Agency, sources from the Government of Pakistan stated that Pakistan and Qatar had established new channels of contact with the United States and Iran with a view to halting military operations and facilitating the return of the parties to the negotiating process under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding. Despite the renewed escalation of the conflict, the Pakistani side remained optimistic about maintaining the memorandum of understanding. Kim Xian