Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt talks were seed of a new order

The meeting of foreign ministers was, in a way, the opening ceremony of an initiative that is intriguing diplomats Middle East crisis – live updates The meeting on Sunday of the foreign ministers of Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey in Islamabad not only represented the best hope for a ceasefire in Iran but was also the embryo for a new order designed to curb Israeli and Iranian dominance after the war. Although the four nations have met as a quartet before, the one-day meeting of fo...

By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor