The United States and Iran will meet today in Doha, US President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social, despite setbacks in the ongoing peace negotiations since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding earlier this month.
The resumption of the negotiations comes after last week’s technical talks in Switzerland between senior officials from both sides, which Qatari and Pakistani mediators described as a “positive and constructive atmosphere.”
Since then, however, the US has struck Iran several times, and Iranian drones have attacked tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, with both sides claiming to be responding to ceasefire violations from the other.
Under the current MoU, both sides agreed to cease hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas typically transits.
The accord also paves the way for 60 days of more in-depth talks on thornier issues such as Iran's nuclear program, although both sides have given conflicting accounts as to what was agreed.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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