The cease-fire between the United States and Iran since its announcement last Tuesday remains in effect, he announced on Monday Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif saying they are now trying to resolve differences on several issues that emerged from the failed weekend talks in Islamabad. TASR informs about it according to the reports of the AFP and DPA agencies.
Negotiations between the US and Iran, which lasted about 21 hours, ended without an agreement. The negotiators of both countries subsequently returned to their homelands. The talks, brokered by Pakistan, took place amid a two-week ceasefire that Washington and Tehran began enforcing last Tuesday.
“Thanks to Pakistan’s efforts, the ceasefire continues to be observed. Right now, every effort is being made to resolve the few issues that remain open.” Sharif said at the government meeting. The Pakistani Prime Minister pointed out that the talks in Islamabad were on the verge of failure several times. Pakistan pledged to continue to play its role in promoting cooperation and dialogue.
The importance of the truce in the war in the Middle East was pointed out on Monday by the head of Chinese diplomacy Wang I, who spoke on the phone with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar.“The highest priority is to make every effort to prevent a resumption of fighting and to preserve the hard-won momentum of the ceasefire,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement that emerged from a telephone conversation.
The US claims to have submitted to Iran “final and best offer”, within which they demand, in particular, a commitment that they will not seek to obtain a nuclear weapon. Tehran has repeatedly rejected such an effort, calling the American demands unreasonable. According to Pakistan, the meeting in Islamabad was the first such high-level direct meeting between the United States and Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
