The direct talks that begin this Saturday in Islamabad (Pakistan) are aimed at agreeing a lasting truce between the United States and Iran. According to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, he assured during a speech to the nation this morning “this is the stage that in English is called the equivalent of and make or break (decisive moment) to seek a permanent ceasefire.”
The head of the Government in charge of mediation between the parties has stressed the relevance of the meeting to achieve the end of hostilities and the agreements that encompass peace in the Middle East. “It has been announced a temporary ceasefire, “but now an even more difficult stage lies ahead: that of achieving a lasting ceasefire and resolving complicated issues through negotiation,” added the Pakistani leader.
The Iranian delegation, led by the president of Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Qalibafand the Foreign Minister, Abas Araqchilanded in the capital on Friday night. The American delegation, headed by the vice president of the United States, JD Vance, arrived shortly after eight in the morning (time in mainland Spain).
Sharif concluded by asking the nation to pray for the success of the talks and assured that Pakistan will do everything possible to ensure that the process does not collapse. “I ask all of you, respectable elders, mothers, sisters and brothers, to pray before Allah that, in His infinite mercy, In this way, Countless innocent lives will be saved and peace will be established in the world“he concluded.
Trump wishes his vice president luck
The American president, Donald Trump, wished his vice president luck this Friday. “We’ll see how it turns out. So it’s JD and Steve (Witkoff) and Jared (Kushner), and they meet tomorrow. We’ll see how everything turns out,” the American president declared to the press before going up to the Air Force One.
When asked about the collection of tolls in Trump has asserted that “no [lo] “No one knows if they are doing it, but if they are doing it, we are not going to allow it to happen,” he reiterated.
Likewise, the New York tycoon has guaranteed that circulation through the strait will resume immediately since the channel “will open automatically.” “It won’t be easy. It won’t be, I would say this, we will have it open quite soon,” he added, ensuring that “an alternative plan will not be necessary.”
Along these lines, he has pointed out that “they will intervene and help” so that the reopening of the strait is carried out quickly, insinuating that for the United States it is not a necessity: “Do not forget that we do not use the strait,” he has maintained.
Iran conditions negotiations on truce in Lebanon
After days of deep unknowns, the Iranian delegation for peace talks with the United States, led by the president of Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Qalibafhas landed in Islamabad this very night. Shortly after, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released images of the arrival of the Iranian delegation in Islamabad, thus confirming its presence.
According to the information disseminated by Iranian agencies, which appears to be a statement when reproduced in the same way and without changes, although it does not cite a specific source, the presence of the Iranian delegation in Pakistan does not guarantee that the talks have begun, but rather that they will begin to sit down to negotiate.
Hours before his arrival, Qalibaf stated that the United States has not yet met two of the conditions they accepted to begin peace negotiations in Pakistan, such as eThe ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of frozen Iranian assets.
The president of Iran himself, has stated that if Israel does not cease its attacks on Lebanese territory, where more than 1,900 people have already died since March 2, these talks “are meaningless.”
“No nuclear weapons”
Regarding the content of an eventual agreement between the United States and Iran, Donald Trump has indicated that it would only be considered a “good agreement.” This is, he stressed, Washington’s “number one” requirement.
“I think there has already been a regime change, but we never had it as a criterion. Without nuclear weapons. That is 99% of everything. What we want is no nuclear weapons, although we will open the strait anyway,” the president concluded.
President Trump has warned that he will resume attacks against Iran if the imminent talks in Islamabad do not yield concrete results within approximately 24 hours, because right now American warships are being resupplied with “the best weapons ever created”which he will use if “there is no agreement.”
