Vance arrives in Switzerland as US-Iran nuclear talks get underway

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Vice President Vance is now in Switzerland for talks over Iran’s nuclear program following an escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

Vance, alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at a resort outside of the city of Lucerne on Sunday, according to a pool report.

Pakistan has been acting as a mediator between the U.S. and Iran, with officials from the Middle Eastern country also in Switzerland for the negotiations on Sunday. Sharif met with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who is leading Iran’s delegation, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi earlier in the day, The Associated Press reported.

Vance did not answer questions from reporters — including regarding his message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — prior to the bilateral meeting with Pakistani officials, according to CNN.

The vice president left for Switzerland on Saturday to participate in technical-level talks over the 60-day U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal, with the ultimate goal of permanently ending fighting, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resolving differences over Iran’s nuclear program.

The talks were originally planned for Friday, but were pushed back due to an escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, which has risked the U.S.-Iranian ceasefire. Iran’s top joint military command announced on Saturday morning that it would close the Strait of Hormuz due to the ongoing Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

Trump’s signature on the deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz kicked off a 60-day timeline beginning Thursday to pull together the details of what administration officials hope will be a final agreement to stop Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and cover other issues.

On Saturday morning, Vance said during a Fox News interview that Witkoff and Kushner had already been in Europe for hours “dealing with some of the technical elements” of the negotiations and that “things are going well.”

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