{"id":10938,"date":"2026-04-11T10:44:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=10938"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:04:06","slug":"pm-shehbaz-meets-us-vice-president-jd-vance-on-sidelines-of-islamabad-talks-hopes-for-durable-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/pm-shehbaz-meets-us-vice-president-jd-vance-on-sidelines-of-islamabad-talks-hopes-for-durable-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz meets US Vice President JD Vance on sidelines of Islamabad Talks, hopes for \u2018durable peace\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday held a meeting with United States Vice President J. D. Vance on the sidelines of the Islamabad Talks, as high-level diplomatic engagements formally commenced in the federal capital.<\/p>\n<p>The US Vice President was accompanied by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and senior official Jared Kushner.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister was assisted by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Interior Minister Senator Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10939\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9f60338b-4d1e-4861-80aa-71d4074528c6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif commended the commitment of both delegations to engage constructively in the dialogue process and expressed hope that the Islamabad Talks would serve as a stepping stone toward durable peace in the region.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Reiterating Pakistan\u2019s role as a facilitator, the Prime Minister underscored Islamabad\u2019s willingness to continue supporting both sides in making meaningful progress toward sustainable peace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The meeting comes as Pakistan hosts key international stakeholders for the talks, positioning Islamabad at the center of diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalation and long-term regional stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday held a meeting with United States Vice President J. D. Vance on the sidelines of the Islamabad Talks, as high-level diplomatic engagements formally commenced in the federal capital. The US Vice President was accompanied by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and senior official Jared Kushner. The Prime Minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,65,40,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","category-diplomatic-missions","category-foreign-missions","category-national","category-usa","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85672,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10938\/revisions\/85672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}