Burgenstock, June 21 -- Iranian Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Switzerland on the sidelines of ongoing negotiations aimed at building on the recent breakthrough between Iran and the United States.

According to Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, Ghalibaf also met Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who is serving as another major facilitator in the negotiations.

The Iranian news agency further noted that Qatar has played a longstanding intermediary role in regional diplomacy and has been involved in efforts to keep channels of communication open between the parties.

These high-level huddles coincided with an official announcement from Q...