US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and the head of state's son-in-law Jared Kushner will travel to Pakistan on Saturday morning for talks with the Iranian delegation, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said.
“The Iranians reached out, as the president requested, and asked for that one-on-one conversation,” Leavitt said on Fox News. — So Steve and Jared will see what they have to say. We hope that this will be a productive conversation and that we will be able to move this issue forward towards an agreement, she added.
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Iran-US negotiations in Pakistan. Who will take part?
CNN reported earlier that Witkoff and Kushner will go to negotiations with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi over the weekend. If the talks prove promising, US Vice President JD Vance may join the team.
Vance is not currently planning to attend the meeting in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, due to the absence of Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. Ghalibaf is expected to be viewed by the White House as the head of the Iran delegation and Vance's counterpart.
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Iran's foreign minister goes to Pakistan
He also goes to Pakistan Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi.
As reported by Iran's official IRNA agency, Aragchi will begin a trip on Friday that will include visits Islamabad, Muscat and Moscow.
Earlier, media including the FT and Reuters reported, citing a Pakistani government source, that Aragchi was expected to arrive in Islamabad on Friday evening with a small team.
After these reports, the price of crude oil began to fall. Brent prices dropped to $104. per barrel after rising to $107 earlier on Friday, the highest level since the U.S. and Iran first agreed a ceasefire in early April.
US talks with Iran
The first round of negotiations between Washington and Tehran took place on April 11 in the capital of Pakistan. The American delegation included: Vice President JD Vance, special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
The Iranian side was represented by Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi and Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Ghaber Ghalibaf. However, a day later, negotiations ended without an agreement. Vance stated that the Iranian side was not ready to accept the conditions presented by the US.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that he was extending the ceasefire with Iran introduced two weeks ago.
