Pakistan calls on Iran, US to keep the ceasefire after talks end without agreement

Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar called on Iran and the United States to keep their commitment to maintain a ceasefire after the countries ended historic, face-to-face talks without an agreement.

"It is imperative that the parties continue to uphold their commitment to ceasefire,” Dar said.

Pakistan will continue to play a mediating role and try to facilitate dialogue between Iran and the US in coming days, Dar said.

The United States and Iran ended a historic round of face-to-face talks early on Sunday without reaching an agreement and the fate of the fragile, two-week ceasefire still unclear.

JD Vance talks to Pakistan's Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, before boarding Air Force Two, after peace talks with Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday. Reuters

Vice President JD Vance, who led the US delegation during the 21 hours of talks in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, said negotiations finished without a deal after the Iranians refused to accept American terms to refrain from developing a nuclear weapon.

There was no immediate comment from the Iranian delegation or the Pakistani mediators.

The discussions began Saturday, a few days after a fragile ceasefire was announced as the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets entered its seventh week.

Associated Press