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News Topical, Digital Desk : US Vice President JD Vance has categorically rejected claims that Lebanon is part of the ongoing ceasefire talks between the US and Iran. This statement comes at a time when a ceasefire has been reached between the two countries.
Speaking to reporters before leaving Hungary, when asked whether Lebanon was included in the peace proposal, Vance said the US had never made such a promise. He stressed that the ceasefire was primarily aimed at Iran and US allies: Israel and the Gulf Arab states.
'Neither promised nor hinted'
He said, "We never made any such promise. We never even hinted that this would happen. We simply said that this ceasefire would focus on Iran and also on America's allies, namely Israel and the Gulf Arab countries."
Vance's comments have put Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a difficult position, as he claimed that Lebanon was also part of the peace deal, a claim strongly rejected by both US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Pakistan's embarrassment
Pakistan had tried to portray itself as a peacemaker between the US and Iran, but new information emerging from a report in the Financial Times reveals that it was actually the White House that pushed it to broker a temporary ceasefire with Iran.
The report has raised serious questions about Pakistan's independent diplomatic stance, as it suggests that Islamabad was not a neutral mediator but a convenient medium for the US to push through the temporary ceasefire agreement.
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