The finalisation of a memorandum on resolving the conflict between the US and Iran is expected to take place within the next 24 hours, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said.
“We are closer to a peace agreement than ever before,” he wrote on social media platform X on 13 June. Pakistan is acting as a mediator between the parties.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghai ruled out the signing of the document on Sunday, 13 June. “Although it will not happen tomorrow, there is a possibility that it will happen in the coming days. However, due to the other side’s vacillations, we must be cautious with any comments on this process,” Baghai said.
The US has not yet commented on these statements.
Earlier, AFP reported that Switzerland had offered to host the signing ceremony on its territory.
According to Axios, in the memorandum, Tehran agrees to abandon its ambitions to develop nuclear weapons and promises to resolve the issue of its stockpiles of enriched uranium. In return, Washington may ease sanctions and resume economic cooperation.
The document also provides for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping without additional fees and the gradual restoration of shipping volumes to pre-war levels. In return, Washington must lift the blockade on Iranian ports. One of the unresolved issues remains Iranian assets frozen abroad.