The first negotiations between Iran and the United States, which began yesterday in Islamabad, Pakistan, in an attempt to reach a Middle East peace agreement, failed .

Tehran officials say that "no one expected" the US and Iran to reach an agreement in the first round of negotiations. "It was clear from the beginning that we shouldn't have expected to reach an agreement in a single session. No one expected this," Esmaeil Baqaei, Iranian diplomatic spokesman, told state television. The Foreign Ministry spokesman said he was "certain that our contacts with Pakistan, as with our other friends in the region, will continue."

"We were quite flexible, but we failed to make progress." This was the position expressed by US Vice President J.D. Vance at the end of the talks, according to Al Jazeera. "We failed to reach a situation where the Iranians were willing to accept our conditions. I think we were quite flexible, we were quite accommodating," he said.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister reiterated that despite the lack of agreement, Washington and Tehran must honor the ceasefire agreement. "It is imperative that the parties continue to uphold their commitment to the ceasefire," said Ishaq Dar, whose government hosted the talks and acted as mediator. "Pakistan has played and will continue to play its role in facilitating engagement and dialogue between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America in the days to come."

(Unioneonline)

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