Guterres Urges End to US-Iran War, Credits Pakistan — SkimNews
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- Guterres appealed from Islamabad for an end to the US-Iran war, urging all parties to "return to diplomacy" and fully restore navigational rights in the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds of ships and crews have been stranded for months.
- The conflict began in late February with joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, prompting Tehran's counter-attacks on Gulf states and Jordan and a Hormuz blockade that has disrupted global crude oil, fertiliser, and LNG trade.
- Guterres credited Pakistan with helping deliver the 17 June Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, the subsequent ceasefire, and the framework for further US-Iran negotiations, calling the country's role "pivotal."
- Pakistan and Denmark led UN Security Council resolution 2823 strengthening accountability for crimes against peacekeepers — co-sponsored by a record 153 countries, the most in Security Council history.
- Guterres said there can be no regional peace until Palestinian self-determination is realized — a cause Pakistan has long championed — and praised Pakistan for hosting millions of Afghans and losing 180+ blue helmets in peacekeeping service.
Why it matters: The Hormuz blockade has stalled shipping through the chokepoint for crude oil, fertiliser, and LNG trade for months, making Guterres's call to reopen the strait materially urgent rather than rhetorical. Pakistan emerges from the visit with a tangible track record: it helped broker the June ceasefire framework and led the most co-sponsored Security Council resolution in UN history.
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