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Vance leaves for Switzerland with Strait of Hormuz status unclear
Key takeaways
- The discussions were initially scheduled to begin on Friday but were delayed due to an escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon that threatened to upend the fragile U.S.-Iranian ceasefire.
- Vance is set to lead a delegation that includes special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
- The talks come as the U.S. and Iran offer different accounts over whether the Strait of Hormuz is fully open to commercial shipping traffic.
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The discussions were initially scheduled to begin on Friday but were delayed due to an escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon that threatened to upend the fragile U.S.-Iranian ceasefire.
Vance is set to lead a delegation that includes special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The vice president said during a Fox News interview on Saturday morning that Witkoff and Kushner had already been on the ground in Europe for several hours “dealing with some of the technical elements” of the impending negotiations and that “things are going well.”
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