Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit Washington on Friday where ‌he will ​meet with U.S. 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 U.S.-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.