Planned US-Iran talks in Switzerland will not take place on Friday, June 19, after Vice-President JD Vance cancelled a trip to meet Iranian negotiators, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said.
The talks were due at the Bürgenstock resort in Switzerland, a Central European country whose capital is Bern. They were meant to open technical discussions on implementing an agreement between Washington and Tehran to end the war.
A White House spokesperson said overnight that Vance had pulled out of the planned visit. The official said the talks had not been finalised and required complex logistics, according to US media reports.
Switzerland’s foreign ministry confirmed that the Friday meeting would not go ahead, Reuters reported. The ministry said Switzerland remained ready to host the parties once logistics were resolved.
The planned meeting followed a US-Iran agreement that the source content said included a 60-day timeline for further talks, a halt to active military operations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Preparatory work at Bürgenstock continued despite the cancellation, according to the source content. The White House said the United States wanted to reschedule technical talks at the earliest opportunity.
