US mission to Pakistan will be led by Trump envoys; Vice stays out

The decision to leave the vice president out was taken for security reasons, due to the sensitivity of the scenario

JACQUELYN MARTIN / POOL / AFP
The US delegation is expected to arrive in Islamabad in the next few hours to continue negotiations.

The United States diplomatic mission to Pakistan will be led by two names close to President Donald Trump: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, sources confirmed to Jovem Pan. Vice President JD Vance will not join the mission. According to information, the decision was taken for security reasons, due to the sensitivity of the scenario.

A delegation is expected to disembark in Islamabad in the next few hours to continue negotiations. Trump reportedly confided to interlocutors that the vice president is “excellent” and fully qualified to participate in the negotiations, but that the option to keep him off the trip was exclusively preventive.

This Sunday (19), the President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced that a American delegation will be in Pakistan on Monday (20) for resume negotiations with Iranwhile threatening destroy the infrastructure of the Middle Eastern country in case talks fail.

In a message on the Truth Social network, Trump also accused Tehran of having violated the two-week ceasefire that began on April 8, by launching attacks on Saturday (18) in the Strait of Hormuz, and stated that he was offering Iran a “reasonable deal” and that, if Tehran refuses, “the United States will destroy all power plants and all bridges in Iran”. “ENOUGH WITH BEING NICE!”, he warned.

*This text does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Jovem Pan.

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