PM Shehbaz, Field Marshal Asim Munir depart for Switzerland for Iran-US technical talks

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir departed early on Sunday morning for Switzerland to attend technical-level talks between Iran and the United States in Burgenstock on June 21. The development comes after the long-awaited peace deal was signed on Thursday, heralding an end to months of bitter animosity that had gripped the Middle East and plunged the world into crisis. Under the agreement, the US and Iran have agreed on a framework to end the war, halt the US blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and COAS & CDF Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir will participate in these talks,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a post on X, adding that the two are accompanied by a “high-level delegation”. FO announces talks in Switzerland Earlier on Saturday, the Foreign Office (FO) announced that technical-level talks, as a follow-up to the signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), will be held in Buergenstock, Switzerland, on Sunday. “Representatives of the United States and Iran, along with mediators from Pakistan and Qatar, will participate in the discussions,” the FO said. “Pakistan will continue to facilitate the process in its role as mediator, with a view to advancing the understandings reached under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.” US Vice President JD Vance earlier today said he intends to travel to Switzerland for talks “soon” and that US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, are already in Switzerland for negotiations. Speaking to Fox News, he said negotiations with Iran “are going well”, but that the US “has all the cards”. Meanwhile, Iran also announced that it will be sending a delegation to Switzerland for the talks, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said in remarks carried by the Fars news agency. “In Switzerland, we intend to press for the fulfilment of the other side’s commitments