Pakistan, April 12 -- Pakistan's Karachi port has received its first container vessel to transit the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the Iran war on Feb. 28, officials said on Saturday, marking a shift after weeks in which cargoes bound for the country were rerouted outside the strategic waterway.

The development comes as US and Iranian delegations began talks in Islamabad following the announcement of a temporary truce announced earlier this week, after Pakistan urged a two-week ceasefire and convinced the two sides to give diplomacy a chance.

The war in Iran disrupted global shipping routes, particularly fuel supplies passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery for world energy trade, which Tehran decided to shut d...