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In a meeting with United States Vice President JD Vance, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday expressed the hope that Islamabad Talks would serve as a stepping stone toward durable peace in the region. PM Shehbaz held a meeting with the US vice president as the Islamabad Talks commenced in Islamabad today, the PM Office stated. The US vice president was assisted by President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner. PM Shehbaz was assisted by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi. The development comes as senior US and Iranian leaders have arrived in Islamabad for negotiations to end their six-week-old war, although Tehran wanted assurance for commitments on Lebanon and sanctions as well. The Iranian delegation is led by parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. These will be the highest-level US-Iran talks since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the first official face-to-face negotiations between the two sides since 2015, when the two sides reached a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme. During the meeting with Vance, the prime minister commended the commitment of both delegations to engage constructively. “Pakistan looks forward to continue its facilitation of both sides in making progress towards sustainable peace in the region,” the premier reiterated.
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