India, April 9 -- United States Vice President JD Vance will head to Pakistan later this week to head the delegation for talks on a sustained peace agreement with Iran, said White House on Wednesday (local time).

Along with Vance, US' special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, will also go to Pakistan to participate in the talks.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the first round of discussions will be begin on Saturday morning in Islamabad.

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"I can announce that the president is dispatching his negotiating team led by the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, Special Envoy Witkoff and Mr. Kushner, to Islamabad for talks this...