Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri Tuesday reiterated his country's position that a peaceful solution should be found to the Iranian nuclear issue and that Pakistan also supported the Iran-EU dialogue on this issue.

While talking with his Iranian counterpart Manocher Mottakiy by phone, the Pakistani foreign minister said that Pakistan was opposed to the use of force and favored a diplomatic resolution to this crisis, according to a foreign office statement.

During the talks, it said, the two ministers discussed matters of bilateral and mutual interest including the latest developments with regard to the Iranian nuclear issue.

"As a friend of Iran, Pakistan wanted the situation to be defused and that all concerned parties should play their role in achieving this objective," the statement quoted Kasuri as saying.

He said that Pakistan would also do its best diplomatically and that it had already engaged with Iran, the United States, China and the European Union in this regard.

Kasuri accepted with thanks the invitation to him from Mottakiy to visit Iran, according to the statement. The date for the visit will be fixed through diplomatic channels.

Source: Xinhua