Iran has announced the conclusion of technical talks with the US in Burgenstock, Switzerland, as part of Qatari- and Pakistani-mediated negotiations aimed at ending the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, who led Iran’s technical negotiating team, said on Tuesday the four-party talks concluded with an agreement on arrangements for future negotiations, including working groups and implementation mechanisms, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported.
Gharibabadi said the discussions followed a high-level committee meeting held on Sunday to monitor implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding — a framework agreement to end the war signed virtually by the US and Iranian presidents on June 17 — which continued into Monday.
“Technical discussions were held to determine the implementation mechanisms of the memorandum of understanding and the statement issued at the conclusion of the high-level meeting, and the necessary understandings were reached,” he said.
Under the arrangements agreed upon, future negotiations will be conducted under the supervision of the high-level committee, attended by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, US Vice President JD Vance, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani, Gharibabadi noted.
Four working groups
The parties agreed to establish four working groups dealing with sanctions removal, nuclear-related sanctions, reconstruction and economic development, and monitoring and implementation, he added.
According to Gharibabadi, the four parties also agreed to establish a contact mechanism on the Strait of Hormuz security and a Lebanon “conflict-prevention unit” under the supervision of the negotiating parties and mediators.
The heads of the four technical teams will report to the high-level committee and oversee the activities of the working groups and newly established units, he outlined.
