Islamabad, Apr 13 (EFE).- Pakistan has upped its diplomatic efforts to resume broken talks between Iran and the United States, a source said on Monday.
“Pakistan has intensified its efforts to a level higher than before. We are in contact with both parties, and diplomatic channels remain open,” the diplomatic source told EFE on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
The source said the government of Pakistan has also informed Türkiye and Egypt about the Iran-US talks held in Islamabad over the weekend.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is also likely to visit Saudi Arabia as part of the peace efforts to stop the Iran war launched by the US and Israel on Feb. 28, said the source.
The warring countries have agreed to a two-week fragile ceasefire that expires on Apr. 22.
The Pakistani diplomatic source said that the country’s peace effort “success would now be measured by securing an extension of the ceasefire beyond April 22.”
“Subsequently, a second round of talks between the United States and Iran may occur, if things continue as they are,” the source told EFE.
In the talks held in the Pakistan capital, led by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohamad Baqer Ghalibaf and US Vice President J D Vance, key differences were Iran’s nuclear program and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
After 21 hours of negotiations, Vance said in a media appearance before departing from Islamabad that he had not seen a firm commitment from Iran not to have a nuclear weapon in the long term.
Following this, US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that his country would block the Strait of Hormuz, a measure that will take effect the following day at 2 pm.
Iran has kept this strategic route, through which a fifth of the world’s oil passes, closed in retaliation for the US and Israeli offensive against the Islamic Republic. EFE
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