Hotel in the Pakistani capital has been fully requisitioned for Saturday discussions aimed at preserving fragile truce in the Middle East
1-MIN READ1-MIN1 ListenOrange WangandKhushboo Razdanin WashingtonPublished: 10:00am, 10 Apr 2026Updated: 10:08am, 10 Apr 2026US Vice-President J.D. Vance will travel to Islamabad for the first round of talks on Saturday morning local time with Iran to end the war in the Middle East, according to the White House.The US Secret Service has already arrived in the Pakistani capital to make security arrangements ahead of his visit.
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Will the war in Iran leave Asian airlines grounded?The American delegation is expected to arrive in Islamabad on Friday local time, with negotiations likely to last for one day over the weekend. Vance – who concluded a visit to Budapest on Thursday – will be joined by US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The talks are reportedly to take place at Islamabad’s Serena Hotel, which has been fully requisitioned from Wednesday evening through to Sunday, with guests asked to check out.
According to some reports, the Iranian delegation, led by parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, had already arrived in Islamabad. However, Iran’s Tasnim news agency cited an informed source as denying the claim in the early hours of Friday.
