US Vice President JD Vance set the tone before boarding his plane to Pakistan, where peace talks will take place. The US Vice President will lead the American negotiating team, which will also include Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Vance: “We’re looking forward to the negotiations. I believe they will have a positive outcome”
“We’re looking forward to the negotiations. I believe they will have a positive outcome,” Vance stated, adding that Donald Trump has given the American delegation “fairly clear guidelines.” “As the President of the United States said, if the Iranians are willing to negotiate in good faith, we are certainly willing to shake hands. If they try to play games with us, then they will find that the negotiating team is not so receptive.”
Iran’s “games”
Meanwhile, the Iranian side is keeping everything fluid regarding the discussions and playing games about whether it will ultimately participate in the talks: shortly after announcing via X the arrival of an Iranian delegation to Pakistan on Thursday evening for talks with the US, Iran’s ambassador to Islamabad deleted the post. The message was posted prematurely, an embassy official explained to AFP, without clarifying whether the Iranian delegation was still expected in Islamabad.
Today, however, several reports indicate that both Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf have been spotted in Islamabad.
