{"id":10981,"date":"2026-04-12T11:30:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=10981"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:01:48","slug":"us-vice-president-jd-vance-lauds-pakistans-role-in-islamabad-talks-praises-efforts-to-bridge-us-iran-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/us-vice-president-jd-vance-lauds-pakistans-role-in-islamabad-talks-praises-efforts-to-bridge-us-iran-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"US Vice President JD Vance lauds Pakistan\u2019s role in Islamabad Talks, praises efforts to bridge US\u2013Iran divide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: United States Vice President J. D. Vance has appreciated Pakistan\u2019s role in hosting the Islamabad Talks between the United States and Iran, commending its leadership for facilitating dialogue aimed at easing regional tensions.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, the US Vice President thanked Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir for their efforts in hosting and managing the high-level negotiations in Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged Pakistan\u2019s constructive role in attempting to bridge differences between the two sides, stating that any shortcomings in the talks could not be attributed to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThey did an outstanding job and tried to bridge the gap and get to a deal,\u201d he remarked, highlighting Islamabad\u2019s facilitative approach throughout the process.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The statement reflects growing international recognition of Pakistan\u2019s diplomatic efforts in bringing the two sides to the negotiating table and supporting ongoing peace initiatives in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: United States Vice President J. D. Vance has appreciated Pakistan\u2019s role in hosting the Islamabad Talks between the United States and Iran, commending its leadership for facilitating dialogue aimed at easing regional tensions. In his remarks, the US Vice President thanked Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff and Chief of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,65,54,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","category-diplomatic-missions","category-foreign-missions","category-middle-east","category-usa","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10981","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=10981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85663,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10981\/revisions\/85663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}