A quadrilateral meeting between Iran, the United States, Qatar, and Pakistan will be held at the Buergenstock mountaintop resort in Switzerland on Sunday afternoon, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson told Iranian state media.
Esmaeil Baghaei said that Iran would hold meetings with intermediaries Qatar and Pakistan earlier in the day, adding that the gathering in Switzerland is a follow-up on the implementation of a memorandum of understanding signed with the US this week.
On Saturday, Iran's delegation arrived in Switzerland ahead of planned talks with the United States.
The delegation includes Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Iranian Parliment Speaker Mohammed-Bagher Ghalibaf.
Ghalibaf announced his arrival on X with a photo of himself standing in front of a plane bearing the hashtag "Minab 168" in English and Persian, beside the flag of the Iranian regime.
US Vice President JD Vance later arrived in Switzerland on Sunday for what he has said would likely be a couple of days of peace talks with Iranian officials. Vance and his wife arrived at Emmen Air Base in Switzerland at 5:59 a.m., a vice presidential spokesperson said.
US Special Envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have reportedly already arrived in Switzerland for the talks.
Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan's Chief of Staff arrived in Zurich on Sunday along with his delegation, Pakistan's Prime Minister's Office announced on X.
The meeting, which had been originally meant to take place on Friday, follows the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US and Iran by US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in France last week.
Vance and Ghalibaf digitally signed the agreement, with Trump witnessing the signing, according to the US official.
The White House published footage of the signing on an X post on Thursday.
Emergency session on Israel-Hezbollah conflict reportedly added to Switzerland peace talks
An emergency session to address the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has been added to the schedule of the first day of the Switzerland talks, CBS News reported on Saturday night, citing a diplomat attending the talks.
That issue will be raised during the first session of negotiations between the US and Iran, according to the diplomat.
Neither Israeli nor Hezbollah representatives will be attending the talks.
This comes as the Strait of Hormuz reportedly remains closed. According to regime-aligned outlet Fars, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy has not granted permission for any vessels to transit until further notice.
