Mohsin Naqvi says Pakistan has always played key role in regional peace and dialogue

DOHA: Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said that Pakistan has always played a key role in establishing peace in the region, ending tensions and bringing the parties to the negotiating table.

He was addressing the Global Security Forum 2026 in Doha, the capital of Qatar. He said that during the tensions between Iran and the United States, Pakistan always chose the path of peace and dialogue.

Paying tribute to the role of the Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, he said that his contacts with world leaders and continuous diplomatic efforts paved the way for talks.

Mohsin Naqvi said that visits to Tehran and high-level contacts helped reduce tensions in the region. He added that Pakistan and Qatar played an important role as mediators at the Lake Lausanne summit in Switzerland.

He further said that the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye reflected defence cooperation, not war, because no country could achieve lasting peace while conflicts raged in its neighbourhood.

Speaking of Pakistan’s sacrifices in the fight against terrorism, he said thousands of its citizens, soldiers and police personnel had laid down their lives. He added that Pakistan had also played a leading role in United Nations peacekeeping missions.

He urged the international community to recognise that joint intelligence sharing and close cooperation were essential to end terrorism.

Concluding his address, he made it clear that Pakistan did not seek any credit for stopping wars. He said it wanted a peaceful future in which wars did not begin at all.