U.S. Vice President JD Vance has departed for Pakistan. Before his departure, he stated that he is looking forward to the start of these negotiations and remains optimistic.
Vance is among the high-level representatives of the U.S. government for the Islamabad talks with the Islamic Republic. It remains unclear when the other members of the American negotiating team, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, will travel to Pakistan.
On the other hand, the composition of the Iranian delegation and their exact time of arrival in Pakistan have not yet been officially announced.
According to previous reports, the new round of negotiations between Iran and the United States is scheduled to begin on the morning of Saturday, April 11, in Islamabad. It was previously suggested that the Iranian team would likely be headed by Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, accompanied by Abbas Araghchi.
After the Pakistani government declared a two-day public holiday for Thursday and Friday ahead of the summit, and following initial reports that talks might begin on Friday, several Western media outlets clarified that the bilateral negotiations will take place on Saturday.
The agreement for a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the U.S., brokered by Pakistan, was announced just hours before the expiration of Donald Trump’s deadline, a deadline delivered with the threat that “Iranian civilization would be destroyed.”
In anticipation of these high-stakes talks, Pakistan has deployed army troops to the streets to ensure nationwide security.
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