White House: vice president to lead negotiating team to Islamabad this weekend
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Caroline announced the president is dispatching a negotiating team to Islamabad led by the vice president and including special envoys and advisers; the first round is scheduled for Saturday morning local time.
The White House announced that the president is dispatching a negotiating delegation to Islamabad to begin the next phase of talks with regional partners.
"The president is dispatching his negotiating team, led by the vice president of the United States, JD Vance, special envoy Whitcough, and Mr. Kushner to Islamabad for talks this weekend," Caroline said, adding that the first round of meetings is set for Saturday morning local time.
Caroline said the delegation will pursue the administration's negotiating objectives during the two‑week truce and that U.S. monitoring of Strait of Hormuz passage will continue in parallel. She did not provide an exhaustive list of participants, details of the agenda or public materials from the planned sessions, saying the sensitive negotiations will be conducted behind closed doors.
Reporters pressed about the role of other partners and whether China or outsized third parties had a role in securing the pause; Caroline said the vice president has played a key role from the beginning and noted discussions at "top levels" took place with other governments but did not spell out particulars.
