Talks Instead of Clash? "U.S. and Iran to Meet Soon in Pakistan"

[Financial News] Johann Wadephul, Germany’s foreign minister, stated that the United States of America (U.S.) and the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) are planning to meet soon in Pakistan.
According to The Guardian and other foreign media on the 27th (local time), Wadephul said in an interview with Germany’s public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk radio, "Based on the information I have, there have been indirect contacts between the U.S. and Iran, and they are now preparing to meet directly," adding, "They will meet very soon in Pakistan."
A day earlier, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, also wrote on the online platform X (social network) that "the U.S. and Iran are holding indirect talks in Pakistan," and that "Pakistan is conveying each side’s messages to the other."
Previously, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. and Iran were engaged in positive talks regarding an end to the conflict, and he postponed the deadline for attacking Iran’s energy facilities.
On the 26th, Trump announced on his social network service Truth Social, "At the request of the Iranian government, I am delaying the attack on (Iran’s) power plants by 10 days, until 8 p.m. on the 6th of next month (U.S. Eastern time)."
However, Iran has taken a negative stance toward negotiations with the U.S. The Iranian government rejected 15 conditions proposed by the U.S., including abandoning nuclear weapons and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and instead presented its own terms for ending the conflict.
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