The Government of Pakistan confirmed this Saturday that technical-level talks to negotiate the framework peace agreement between the United States and Iran will begin on Sunday at the Swiss Bürgenstock complex.
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“Following the signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, technical-level talks will be held in Bürgenstock, Switzerland on June 21, 2026,” the Pakistani Foreign Ministry confirmed in a statement.
According to the official note, representatives from the United States and Iran will participate in the discussions, along with mediators from Pakistan and Qatar.
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US Vice President JD Vance told Fox this Saturday that the US special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are already in Switzerland for the first round of negotiations with Iran.
“Jared and Steve have been on the ground for several hours, dealing with some technical aspects of this negotiation,” Vance said in an interview with the US network before Iran announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz due to Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
Vance announced that he plans to join the negotiations with Iran “in the coming days.”
Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, also left this Saturday for Switzerland to “demand compliance with the commitments” of the memorandum of understanding that, according to Tehran, has been violated by Israel’s attacks against Lebanon.
Switzerland has confirmed in a statement that its efforts to facilitate talks aimed at implementing the memorandum of understanding signed between the United States and Iran on June 17 continue discreetly.
Although Swiss diplomacy has not clarified who is in Bürgenstock, a luxurious complex with restricted access on a hilltop next to Lake Lucerne, national television RTS indicated that “technical delegations” from the US and Iran, as well as from mediators Qatar and Pakistan, are already there.
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