Mediators from Qatar and Pakistan completed separate meetings with U.S. and Iranian negotiators in Doha on Wednesday, reporting positive progress on implementing the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding ahead of further discussions after the funeral of Iran’s former supreme leader, according to a Qatari official.
The development follows a ceasefire that put an end to months of direct conflict between the United States and Iran earlier this year.
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry and Pakistani officials said the meetings represented progress from the Lake Lucerne Summit held in Switzerland in June.
“The parties agreed to continue discussions over the coming period, with the next meeting to be scheduled at the earliest possible time following the funeral processions of the former Iranian Supreme Leader,” Qatar and Pakistan’s joint statement said, according to a post on X by Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Dr. Majed Al Ansari….