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Araghchi Returns to Rawalpindi: What a Second Munir Meeting Signals for the Indian Ocean Rim MALE — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi sat down with Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir for a second time in Islamabad on Tuesday, Iranian state broadcasters confirmed, a follow-up encounter that has regional capitals from New Delhi to Colombo recalibrating their reading of where the Tehran-Islamabad axis is heading.
A separate readout from Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson conceded that the gap with Washington remains, in his words, large. The choice of interlocutor is the story.
Araghchi did not seek out Pakistan's civilian leadership for a second sitting — he went back to Rawalpindi's general headquarters.
That tells observers across the Indian Ocean rim what the Iranians already believe: on questions of Baluch border security, sanctions evasion routes, and any quiet basing or transit conversations, the army is where the answers are written.
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