US President Donald Trump said Washington would extend the Persian Gulf truce indefinitely, citing Iran's "seriously fractured" government. However, Pakistani officials blame the halt in peace talks on the US naval blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz. This is reported by UNN with reference to asia.nikkei.com.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked Trump for accepting Islamabad's request to extend the truce "to allow diplomatic efforts to continue."
Trump, for his part, said that "the ball is in Iran's court."
Given that the Iranian government is seriously fractured, which is not a surprise, we have been asked to suspend our attack on Iran until their leaders and representatives can put forward a unified proposal
However, according to Pakistani government officials who spoke to Nikkei Asia on condition of anonymity, the real situation in Islamabad is rather the opposite.
The Iranians believe that if they participate in the proposed negotiations without the US lifting the naval blockade, Iran will be in a weak position during the negotiations. That is why Tehran did not give in and refused to come to Islamabad when President Trump did not lift the blockade, despite requests from negotiators to do so