{"id":88337,"date":"2026-06-20T08:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T08:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/88337\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T08:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T08:45:16","slug":"us-envoy-witkoff-iranian-minister-to-meet-in-switzerland-for-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/88337\/","title":{"rendered":"US envoy Witkoff, Iranian minister to meet in Switzerland for talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

US<\/a> \u2060envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi were both headed to Switzerland<\/a> for \u2060talks, Axios said on Friday, as a ceasefire in Lebanon appeared to revive efforts to turn an interim Iran war pact into a lasting regional deal.Israel<\/a> and Hezbollah<\/a> agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon<\/a> on Friday after escalating fighting cast doubt over US-Iran talks critical to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and stabilising oil supplies.That followed a 14-point memorandum the two sides signed this week to halt fighting and open a 60-day window to resolve disputes over Iran<\/a>\u2019s nuclear programme, as well as other thorny issues needed to forge a more durable deal.US Vice-President J.D. Vance<\/a> cancelled plans on Thursday \u200cto travel to Switzerland for the talks, however, amid rising tension in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, a militant group backed by Iran.With the ceasefire in place, Witkoff was heading to Switzerland to join Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s son-in-law, who was already there, Axios said. Araqchi planned to travel there on Saturday, it added.\"USUS Vice-President J.D. Vance (right) speaks during a news conference in April after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, as Jared Kushner (left) and Steve Witkoff, special envoy for peace missions, listen on. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n

The development may signal that both sides intend to begin technical negotiations aimed at securing a permanent truce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US \u2060envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi were both headed to Switzerland for \u2060talks, Axios…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[6351,12775,3188,1731,4419,42348,5541,7142,17,74,2567],"class_list":["post-88337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-abbas-araqchi","tag-hezbollah","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-jared-kushner","tag-lebanon","tag-marco-rubio","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-switzerland","tag-united-states","tag-white-house"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116781562372642728","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}