US, China urges calm as Pakistan, Iran look to ease tensions
Diplomats from Washington to Beijing asked Pakistan and Iran to show restraint after the two nations engaged in back-and-forth missile strikes, with both sides now showing signs they don’t want tensions to escalate.
“We have repeatedly said Iran is a friend,” Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said by phone on Friday. “We do not want an escalation and we also got similar…