BUERGENSTOCK: US Vice President JD Vance said talks with Iranian negotiators, facilitated by Pakistan and Qatar, had “laid a good foundation for a successful final agreement.”
JD Vance made the remarks after the first round of talks between the US and Iran on implementing the interim peace agreement between the two sides concluded in the Swiss resort of Buergenstock.
Hours before JD Vance’s remarks, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported that the Iranian delegation, led by chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, had left the Swiss location to return to Tehran after 18 hours of talks.
In it, JD Vance said that the Strait of Hormuz is open and crude oil and natural gas are passing through. “We want to create a mechanism to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. It is open.”
He added that with the price of gas and oil falling, millions of barrels of crude oil and natural gas are passing through the Strait of Hormuz like never before.
The Strait of Hormuz handles about 20 percent of the world’s seaborne oil flows. Iran tightened its control over the Strait of Hormuz after Israel and the United States launched their joint attack on Iran on February 28. The United States later imposed a naval blockade, targeting ships traveling to and from Iran.
Translated by Chhouk Bora
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