Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir departed for Switzerland to attend technical-level talks between the US and Iran in Bürgenstock.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, both leaders will participate in the discussions scheduled for June 21, to be held as a follow-up to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) previously signed between Tehran and Washington.
The statement further said that PM Shehbaz Sharif is accompanied by a high-level delegation during the visit to Switzerland.
Prior to their departure, the Foreign Office said that technical-level talks between the US and Iran will be held today in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, as Islamabad stepped up diplomacy to keep the peace process on track.
“Representatives of the United States and Iran, along with mediators from Pakistan and Qatar, will participate in the discussions,” it detailed.
According to the Foreign Office, Pakistan will continue to “facilitate the process in its role as mediator” to advance the understandings reached between Tehran and Washington under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding.
