Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Zurich with his delegation. PHOTO: Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Zurich on Sunday with his delegation to participate in high-level talks on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.
According to the PMO, the Prime Minister, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defense Force Field Marshal Asim Munir will “participate in high-level talks on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.”
Zurich: June 21, 2026.
The Prime Minister and Marshal will participate in the high-level talks on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding to be held in Burgenstock, Switzerland on June 21, 2026.
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– Prime Minister’s Office (@PakPMO) June 21, 2026
The Prime Minister will also hold bilateral meetings with delegations from Iran, the United States, Qatar and Switzerland during his visit to Bürgenstock, where he is participating in high-level talks on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FO) said on Sunday (today).
The negotiations were initially scheduled for Friday, but the Swiss Foreign Ministry said they would not take place and gave no details.
According to FO, the meetings will take place “to reaffirm Pakistan’s enduring commitment to dialogue and lasting peace in the region.”
The Prime Minister, accompanied by Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defense Force Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, visited Switzerland on Saturday evening to attend the talks, which FO described as “the first formal engagement after the signing of the Islamabad MoU on June 17, 2026”.
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Curtain up: high-level talks on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (Bürgenstock, Switzerland, June 21, 2026)
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The talks in Switzerland mark the first formal follow-up engagement since the agreement was signed earlier this week. Senior delegations from Iran, Qatar and the United States are participating in the discussions.
FO said: “Pakistan will continue to support and advance the implementation of agreements between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States.”
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Highlighting Islamabad’s diplomatic role, FO said Pakistan’s facilitation efforts reflected its “principled, balanced and constructive approach throughout the crisis”, including “hosting early rounds of US-Iran negotiations and sustained diplomatic contacts that culminated in the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding”.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Shehbaz signed the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding” as mediator, formalizing a major diplomatic breakthrough between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Israel, excluded from peace talks, distanced itself from the U.S.-Iran deal and continued to fight the Iran-allied Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, also raising questions about whether the deal would hold.
The United States and Israel launched war against Iran on February 28, assassinating 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and military leaders on the first day. It quickly escalated into a regional conflict that killed more than 7,000 people, mainly in Iran and Lebanon; an increase in energy prices; has reignited inflationary pressures and raised concerns about a major food supply crisis in developing countries.
The 14-point agreement extends the ceasefire announced in April for another 60 days, including in Lebanon, to allow the two sides to negotiate a final truce. Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian digitally signed the memorandum in English and Farsi, U.S. and Iranian officials said, with Iran’s Foreign Ministry saying the agreement was already in effect on Wednesday.
Trump signed just before a big dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles, the site of the signing of the eponymous treaty that officially ended World War I.
The United States and Iran on Wednesday released the text of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding that their presidents signed on Wednesday to end their war. However, US President Donald Trump had threatened to resume attacks and kill Iranian officials if they did not meet their commitments.
Trump, who was attending the G7 with other leaders in France, also withdrew at least one of his stated justifications for attacking Iran, saying it would be “unfair” for Tehran not to have ballistic missiles, after previously “vowing to wipe them out.”
“We’re going to bomb them if they violate the deal,” Trump said of Iran at a news conference. “I don’t want them to do it. I want them to honor the agreement.” He also called the Iranians “smart people” as U.S. and Iranian negotiators work on a permanent truce over the next 60 days, which Trump said would usher in peace in the Middle East and lower oil prices.
Iranian leaders have not responded to the new threats while celebrating the moment, releasing photographs of what is considered the first agreement signed by a U.S. and Iranian president since the founding of the Islamic Republic in 1979.
