{
  "id": 4802825,
  "title": "Dar meets Araghchi on SCO summit sidelines, stresses 'sincere implementation' of Islamabad MoU",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/dar-meets-araghchi-on-sco-summit-sidelines-stresses-sincere",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T06:41:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2026583/dar-meets-araghchi-on-sco-summit-sidelines-stresses-sincere-implementation-of-islamabad-mou"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Dar stressed the importance of sincere implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bring an end to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Dar arrived in Bishkek a day prior to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who is set to address the summit. The meeting between Dar and Araghchi was described as a \"warm exchange\" where the two ministers discussed bilateral relations and regional developments, reaffirming the importance of continued engagement. The Memorandum of Understanding, signed in June 2026, aimed at ending the war that started with US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, 2024.",
  "summary": "Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday and stressed that the “sincere implementation” of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was the only way forward amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, according to the Foreign Office (FO). They shared these views as they met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Islamabad MoU only viable path to peace, PM tells Pezeshkian on SCO summit sidelines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/islamabad-mou-only-viable-path-to-peace-pm-tells-pezeshkian-on-sco",
        "published": "2026-09-01T02:08:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}