Delegations from both countries will meet in the capital of Pakistan to conduct negotiations to end the conflict. The talks will take place after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire.
Representatives from Washington reached Islamabad on Saturday morning – reports the Reuters agency. The group includes Vice President JD Vance, Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and the US President's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Representatives from Tehran arrived in Pakistan a few hours earlier on Friday evening. The delegation consists of high-ranking political, military and economic officials. They included Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi, Secretary of the Defense Council, Governor of the Central Bank and several members of parliament, including its Speaker Mohammad Bager Ghalibaf.
Talks during a two-week ceasefire
On Friday, before arriving in Pakistan, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bager Ghalibaf, announced that a precondition for starting talks was “unlocking Iranian assets” and Israel stopping attacks on Lebanon.
