According to Iranian media and Reuters, the quadrilateral meeting involving Qatar and Pakistan lasted exactly 80 minutes. The delegations interrupted it due to the need for internal consultations. The talks focused on a 14-point memorandum of understanding focusing on Lebanon, while not opening up Tehran’s nuclear program at all.
In the Swiss mountain resort of Bürgenstock, the first round of negotiations between the representatives of the United States and Iran on the implementation of the memorandum of understanding, which is supposed to lead to the end of the war in the Middle East, ended early Sunday evening. This was reported by the Iranian media and the Reuters agency, writes TASR.
- The first round of negotiations between the US and Iran took place in Bürgenstock.
- The negotiations lasted 80 minutes and ended due to internal consultations of the delegations.
- The Iranian delegation refused a joint photo with the Americans.
According to Iran’s Fars news agency, the talks lasted 80 minutes and ended due to the need for “internal consultations”. Iran’s IRIB TV says that Tehran’s nuclear program was not discussed during the first round. Instead, the delegations focused on a 14-point memorandum of understanding, with particular emphasis on the situation in Lebanon.
The Iranian delegation refused a handshake and a joint photo
The meeting was quadripartite and mediators from Pakistan and Qatar also participated in it. According to Barak Ravid of Axios, the US side was represented by Vice President JD Vance, negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Vice President Chief of Staff Jacob Reses, national security advisers Andy Baker and Cliff Sims, as well as Witkoff’s adviser Nick Stewart.
According to Iranian state media, the Tehran delegation rejected the American request for a joint photo and handshake before the start of the negotiations.
Vance has already described the negotiations as a “historic meeting” and, according to him, the talks have been very successful so far.
