U.S. Negotiators Could Return to Islamabad This Week for Talks With Iran

American negotiators may return to Islamabad this week for decisive negotiations. Pakistan is maneuvering to facilitate them.

Statements like wildfire on the market. President Donald Trump late Tuesday night estimated that the war with Iran was “almost over” after mentioning a possible resumption of discussions with Iran this week in Pakistan.

“I think it’s almost over,” the American president declared in the evening on Fox News, asserting that the Iranian authorities “really want to reach an agreement.”

Donald Trump also mentioned a possible resumption of discussions with Iran as early as this week in Pakistan. “Something could happen in the next two days,” he told a journalist from the New York Post.

First Round of Talks Failed

Recall that last weekend, a first round of discussions with Vice President J.D. Vance failed, but did not lead to a breach of the ceasefire in effect since April 8. However, Washington reinforced pressure on Tehran this Monday by implementing a blockade on transit to and from Iranian ports.

“The U.S. forces have completely halted maritime trade from Iran,” rejoiced U.S. forces chief in the region Brad Cooper on Wednesday, highlighting that about “90% of the Iranian economy” depends on it.

In this new power struggle, American negotiators could once again travel to Islamabad this week for negotiations, according to Donald Trump, who praised the “great job” of mediation done by Pakistani army chief Asim Munir to the New York Post.

Pakistan in Action

Two high-ranking Pakistani sources confirmed to AFP that Islamabad was seeking to revive the talks. This Tuesday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had called for a resumption of “serious negotiations.” “There is no military solution to this crisis,” he insisted.

Despite the impact of the double blockade – Iranian and American – on the Strait of Hormuz, where normally 20% of global oil and LNG transit, markets seem to believe in a resolution to the conflict: oil continued to be priced below $95 a barrel on Wednesday after a significant drop on Tuesday.

Received by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov assured that Moscow was ready to “compensate” for the energy deficit suffered by China and other countries due to the war.