Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who traveled to Pakistan for what he described as indirect talks with U.S. envoys, left Pakistan on Saturday evening, two Pakistani officials told The Associated Press.
The Pakistani officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
It is unclear when President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, expected to lead a U.S. negotiation team, were due to arrive in Islamabad or if they have even left Washington, D.C. The White House declined to comment on Saturday.
An open-ended ceasefire has paused most fighting, but the economic fallout grows with global shipments of oil, liquefied natural gas, fertilizer and other supplies disrupted by the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Araghchi wrote on Telegram that
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