ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has urged both the United States and Iran to extend their two-week ceasefire, Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

In a meeting with the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Pakistan, Natalie A. Baker, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar stressed the need for engagement between the U.S. and Iran, and said Pakistan urged both sides to consider extending the ceasefire, a statement from the foreign ministry said.

-Asif Shahzad, writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Aidan Lewis/Reuters