Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit Washington on Friday, where he will meet with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.

The ​visit comes as Islamabad is attempting to negotiate ​a peace ​pact to permanently end the ‌US-Israeli ⁠war with Iran.

Dar will meet Rubio “to review bilateral relations ​and ​exchange ⁠views on regional and global ​developments of mutual ​interest”, ⁠the foreign ministry said in a ⁠statement.