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DPM Dar departs for Istanbul ahead of R-4 bloc, European E3 diplomats’ meetings

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. Dawn is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Istanbul. The first report grouped here was at 23 Oct 2026, 05:27 UTC. The headline in use is “DPM Dar departs for Istanbul ahead of R-4 bloc, European E3 diplomats’ meetings”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has departed for Istanbul to attend a meeting of R-4 bloc foreign ministers and an R-4+E-3 meeting on Friday, the Foreign Office (FO) said. The R-4 group, comprising Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, emerged in March and has been focusing on…
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DPM Dar departs for Istanbul ahead of R-4 bloc, European E3 diplomats’ meetings
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