DUBAI – US and Iranian officials will hold indirect lower-level technical talks with mediators on July 1 on a deal aimed at permanently ending the Middle East war, a diplomat with knowledge of the talks told AFP.
“US and Iranian officials are to hold indirect technical talks on July 1 in Doha with Qatari and Pakistani mediators on the memorandum of understanding and building on the progress made at the Lake Lucerne Summit,” the diplomat said.
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff would not be taking part in the technical talks, the diplomat added, after they met with Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on June 30. AFP