President Donald Trump said Vice President Vance will lead a U.S. delegation in Switzerland on Friday to personally sign a peace deal with Iran.
The New York Times cited senior U.S. officials as saying that both Trump and Vance had electronically signed the framework agreement with Iran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Trump said during a media interaction in France on Monday that Vance would attend the signing ceremony.
“I may be involved or I may not be involved,” the president said in response to a question about whether he would attend the signing ceremony.
Trump said the text of the memorandum of understanding would be released “very soon…sometime after Friday.”
Speaking to media here, Vance said the peace agreement was signed digitally on Sunday and its full text may be released later this week.
“We signed the agreement digitally yesterday,” Vance said on ABC News’ Good Morning America.
The agreement was negotiated through mediators including Pakistan and Qatar.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that Pakistan will host the signing ceremony of the US-Iran deal in Switzerland on June 19.
The New York Times quoted senior US officials as saying that the Strait of Hormuz will be fully opened on Friday and heavy oil tankers will be given priority to ensure the rapid flow of oil and natural gas supplies.
“To be clear, it’s going to take a little bit of time because you know there are mines in the strait. But you’re going to see traffic in the Strait of Hormuz actually start to increase significantly, and that will slowly increase over time and I think a week from now, two weeks from now, we may not be back to normal in two weeks, but we will see a significant increase in traffic in the strait,” the official said.
The official made it clear that the MoU ensures “free passage for 60 days” through the Strait of Hormuz and expected that this would also be part of the “final agreement.”
The Strait of Hormuz, located between Iran and Oman, is considered one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints, carrying a large portion of global oil and liquefied natural gas exports.
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