US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Vice President JD Vance might not go to Pakistan this week for peace talks with Iran due to security concerns.
“We’ll have Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, JD —maybe JD, I don’t know,” the US president said in an interview with the New York Post.
“There’s a question of safety, security,” Trump added.
Nevertheless, Trump said he expects the talks in Pakistan to take place “very soon.”
This comes on the heels of Trump’s announcement on Tuesday that a two-week ceasefire was agreed after a request from Islamabad.
Lebanon not included
The fragile ceasefire, less than 24 hours in, seemed to teeter on the verge of collapse following a massive Israeli bombing against what it said were over 100 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.
Beirut said there were hundreds of civilian casualties, and hospitals were being flooded and requesting urgent blood donations.
Iran then said it would reblock the Strait of Hormuz due to the Israeli attacks, which Tehran said violated the ceasefire.
Pakistan said Lebanon was included, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Lebanon was not.
Trump echoed Netanyahu later on Wednesday, saying that it was not included due to Hezbollah. “That’s a separate skirmish,” he told PBS.
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