US President Donald Trump sent his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to hold negotiations with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Islamabad, the Associated Press reported on April 24, citing the White House.
White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said they would travel to Pakistan on April 25. He writes Reuters. According to her, US Vice President J.D. Vance, who earlier in April held the first round of negotiations with Iran, may also go to Islamabad if Washington deems it necessary.
The Iranian Foreign Minister has already arrived in Pakistan. Sources told Reuters that Araghchi has no plans to meet American negotiators and that his visit will be short. He will present his proposals to the Pakistani mediator, which should be conveyed to the United States. Araghchi will then travel to Muscat, Oman and Moscow.
how I mentioned Barak Ravid, a journalist at Axios, citing sources, said that the meeting of American and Iranian negotiators may take place after holding separate talks with Pakistani mediators. Axios sources said that a trilateral meeting involving the United States, Iran and Pakistan may be held on April 27.
The United States and Iran reached a temporary truce on April 7 to agree to end the war that has been ongoing since February 28. They held one round of negotiations in Islamabad, but were unable to agree on anything. After that, the two sides discussed a new meeting for a long time, but Tehran’s representatives refused to negotiate.