Hopes Pakistan-US friendship will usher in a new era of close coordination and cooperation
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday lauded the Iranian leadership for what he described as its constructive approach in handling regional tensions, saying Tehran had demonstrated a clear commitment to de-escalation. peace.
Speaking at the venue of the Quad meeting, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised the Iranian leadership, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, President Raza Pezeshkian. Speaker Baqer Ghalibaf, saying they had approached the process with sincerity and a commitment to de-escalation.
“They have been very straight. they have handled this entire process with a sense of ability to de-escalate the situation,” the prime minister said.
He added that Iran’s leadership “genuinely mean promoting peace in the region.”
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Hailing US President Donald Trump, he said he had “no second thought about the fact that he is a man of peace”. that he had demonstrated this during the war between Pakistan and India when the two countries were “very close to nuclear fledging point”.
He said President Trump’s “dynamic and courageous leadership intervened very effectively and saved millions of people.”
Talking about Pakistan’s renewed friendship with the United States, the prime minister called it a “very encouraging sign”.
“I am very grateful to President Trump for supporting Pakistan in promoting economic cooperation between the two countries, counter terrorism,” he said, expressing hope that this “friendship. new relationship” would usher in a period of very close coordination.
earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir held a bilateral meeting with US Vice President JD Vance at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland,Press TVreported on Sunday.
In a post on X, it added that US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were also present.
According to Pakistan TV’s Adil Shahzeb, who is present at Burgenstock Resort in Switzerland, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir hold a bilateral meeting with US Vice President JD Vance at Burgenstock Resort in Switzerland. US…pic.twitter.com/GDLffhhSrO
PM Shehbaz Sharif. CDF Munir also met the Iranian delegation led by Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Information Minister Attaullah Tarar were also present during the meeting.
Pakistan TV’s exclusive footage of Iranian delegation, led by Parliamentary Speaker Bagher Ghalibaf, meeting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir at Burgenstock Resort in Switzerland. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi,…pic.twitter.com/JYJMbWzIWr
In response to a question from Pakistan TV’s Adil Shahzeb about Pakistan’s role in mediation. US Vice President JD Vance said “very good, we love Pakistan,” according to Pakistan TV.
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PM Shehbaz arrived in Zurich on Sunday along with his delegation to participate in high-level talks on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.
According to the PMO, the prime minister. Field Marshal Asim Munir will "participate in the High-Level Talks on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.”
Zürich: 21 June 2026.Prime Minister. Field Marshal to participate in the High-Level Talks on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding being held in Burgenstock, Switzerland, on 21st of June 2026.Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has arrived in…pic.twitter.com/PGEL9vIVsl
The prime minister will also hold bilateral meetings with delegations from Iran, the United States, Qatar. Switzerland during his visit to Bürgenstock, where he is participating in high-level talks on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the Foreign Office (FO) said earlier on Sunday (today).
The talks were initially scheduled on Friday, but Switzerland's foreign ministry said the talks were not taking place. gave no details.
According to the FO, the meetings will be held “to reaffirm Pakistan's enduring commitment to dialogue. durable peace in the region”.
The prime minister, accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff. Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, travelled to Switzerland Saturday night to attend the talks, which the FO described as “the first formal engagement after the signing of the Islamabad MoU on June 17, 2026”.
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The talks in Switzerland mark the first formal follow-up engagement since the signing of the agreement earlier this week. Senior delegations from Iran, Qatar and the United States are participating in the discussions.
The FO said, “Pakistan will continue to support. advance the implementation of the understandings reached between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States”.
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Highlighting Islamabad’s diplomatic role, the FO said Pakistan’s facilitative efforts reflected its “principled, balanced,. constructive approach throughout the crisis”, including “hosting earlier rounds of US-Iran talks and sustained diplomatic contacts that culminated in the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding”.
On Thursday, PM Shehbazsignedthe 'Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding' as a mediator, formalising the major diplomatic breakthrough between the United States of America. the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Israel, left out of the peace talks, has distanced itself from the US-Iran accord. kept up fighting against the Iranian-allied Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, also raising questions about whether the agreement would hold.
The US. Israel launched the war on Iran on February 28, assassinating the 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and military leaders on the first day. It quickly spiralled into a regional conflict that has killed more than 7,000 people, mostly in Iran. Lebanon; driven up energy prices; renewed inflationary pressures and sparked concerns about a major food supply crisis in developing countries.
The 14-point agreement extends a ceasefire announced in April by another 60 days. including in Lebanon, to allow the two sides to negotiate a final truce. Both Trump. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have digitally signed the memorandum in English and Farsi, US and Iran officials said, with Iran's foreign ministry saying the agreement was already in effect as of Wednesday.
Trump signed just before a grand dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles. the site of the signing of the eponymous treaty that formally ended World War One.
The US. Iran released the text of the Islamabad MoU that their presidents signed on Wednesday to end their war. However, US President Donald Trump had threatened to resume attacks. kill Iranian officials if they failed to honour their commitments.
Trump. attending the G7 with other leaders in France, also withdrew at least one of his stated rationales for attacking Iran in the first place, saying it would be "unfair" for Tehran not to have ballistic missiles, having previously vowed to obliterate them.
"We're going to bomb the hell out of them if they violate the agreement," Trump said of Iran at a press conference. "I don't want them to. I want them to honour the agreement." He also called Iranians "smart people" as US. Iranian negotiators work on a permanent truce over the coming 60 days, which Trump said he hoped would usher in peace in the Middle East and lower oil prices.
Iran's leaders did not address the new threats while celebrating the moment, releasing photographs of what is believed to be the first agreement signed by both a US. Iranian president since the Islamic Republic's founding in 1979.
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