Witkoff and Kushner to travel to Pakistan for fresh Iran talks
US President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan on Saturday to continue talks with Iran, the White House said.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an interview on Fox News Channel that the two will have talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
“We’re hopeful that it will be a productive conversation and hopefully move the ball forward to a deal,” Ms Leavitt said.
She said Vice President JD Vance would not be travelling but that he remains “deeply involved”.
Ms Leavitt said he will be in the US, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the president’s national security team, on “standby” to fly to Pakistan “if necessary”.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency confirmed earlier on Friday that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was travelling to Pakistan for talks.
IRNA said Mr Araghchi would also go to Oman and Russia.
The trip to Pakistan comes as officials there have been trying to get the United States and Iran to a second round of ceasefire negotiations.
The IRNA report said Mr Araghchi’s trip is focused on “bilateral consultations and discussions on ongoing regional developments, as well as the latest situation surrounding the imposed war by the United States and Israel against Iran”.
Published: by Radio NewsHub