President Trump is sending a team spearheaded by Vice President J.D. Vance to Islamabad this weekend to press for a negotiated end to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, coming on the heels of the cease-fire announced Tuesday.
The delegation will include special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who are set to take part in intensive negotiations intended to build on the recent cease-fire.
At a White House briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “The first round of those talks will take place on Saturday morning local time.”
“Vice President Vance has played a pivotal and indispensable role in this effort since the very beginning — he’s been the president’s right-hand man,” Leavitt said.
“He has been involved in every stage of these discussions, and as I just announced, he will be leading this new phase of negotiations in Islamabad later this week.”
Earlier that day, Trump told The Post that Vance might not attend because of security concerns. “We’ll have Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, JD — maybe JD, I don’t know. There’s a question of safety, security,” Trump said in a phone interview.