A Pakistani delegation landed in Zurich on Sunday morning to participate in US-Iran negotiations, according to reports by security analyst Yair Goldblatt. The arrival follows the Pakistani prime minister and army chief's earlier departure for Switzerland, as technical talks on the interim deal continue.
A Pakistani delegation landed in Zurich on Sunday morning, shortly before 09:24 Jerusalem time, to join the US-Iran negotiations, according to security analyst Yair Goldblatt. The landing follows the earlier arrival of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief General Asim Munir, who departed for Switzerland on Saturday and whose presence was confirmed by Islamabad at 20:49 Jerusalem on Saturday (as The Zioneer reported at that time). The delegation's arrival expands the Pakistani team on the ground as Sunday's technical round continues.
Pakistan's involvement has built up over several days. At 17:29 Jerusalem on Saturday, mediator Pakistan announced that technical-level talks on the interim deal would begin Sunday in Switzerland. By 20:49 Saturday, The Zioneer reported that Sharif and Munir had departed for Switzerland to discuss implementation of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed earlier this month, citing Pakistan's foreign ministry. The ministry's confirmation at that hour marked the first on-record attribution from Islamabad. Earlier, at 10:23 Jerusalem on Thursday, Switzerland's Foreign Ministry had announced that delegations from Iran, the US, Qatar and Pakistan were scheduled for preliminary talks at the Bürgenstock resort on Friday — the first formal scheduling. The thread thus shifted from one Swiss government announcement to Pakistan's official confirmation of high-level attendance, and now to the reported landing of a full delegation in Zurich.
As The Zioneer reported on Thu Jun 18, Friday's preliminary session at Bürgenstock was hosted by Switzerland. Mediation also involves Qatar (a Qatari delegation was en route to Pakistan as of Sun Jun 14, 21:36 Jerusalem, per Goldblatt), and the US delegation, with Vice President Vance en route by early Sunday (as The Zioneer reported at 00:13 Jerusalem), is focused on Iran's nuclear program and a Lebanon ceasefire, according to the Pakistani announcement.
The composition of the Pakistani delegation and the specific Sunday agenda remain unconfirmed. No official statement from the Swiss hosts or from the US or Iranian sides about this delegation's arrival has been published.
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