ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - APRIL 11: (L-R) U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during their meeting on April 11, 2026 at Islamabad, Pakistan. The proposed meeting marks a rare direct engagement between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, as Washington and Tehran seek to advance stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, with Pakistan serving as neutral ground amid persistent tensions between the two countries. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images)

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - APRIL 11: People watch as the motorcade carrying Vice President JD Vance speeds ahead the meeting with Iranian officials on April 11, 2026 at Islamabad, Pakistan. The proposed meeting marks a rare direct engagement between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, as Washington and Tehran seek to advance stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, with Pakistan serving as neutral ground amid persistent tensions between the two countries. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images)

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - APRIL 11: (L-R) U.S. Vice President JD Vance is greeted by Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during their meeting on April 11, 2026 at Islamabad, Pakistan. The proposed meeting marks a rare direct engagement between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, as Washington and Tehran seek to advance stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, with Pakistan serving as neutral ground amid persistent tensions between the two countries. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images)

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - APRIL 11: U.S. Vice President JD Vance (C) arrives to the meeting with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on April 11, 2026 at Islamabad, Pakistan. The proposed meeting marks a rare direct engagement between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, as Washington and Tehran seek to advance stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, with Pakistan serving as neutral ground amid persistent tensions between the two countries. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images)

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - APRIL 11: (L-R) U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during their meeting on April 11, 2026 at Islamabad, Pakistan. The proposed meeting marks a rare direct engagement between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, as Washington and Tehran seek to advance stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, with Pakistan serving as neutral ground amid persistent tensions between the two countries. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images)

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - APRIL 11: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) greets Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff (L) before the start of the meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on April 11, 2026 at Islamabad, Pakistan. The proposed meeting marks a rare direct engagement between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, as Washington and Tehran seek to advance stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, with Pakistan serving as neutral ground amid persistent tensions between the two countries. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images)

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - APRIL 11: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) greets Jared Kushner (L) before the start of the meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on April 11, 2026 at Islamabad, Pakistan. The proposed meeting marks a rare direct engagement between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, as Washington and Tehran seek to advance stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, with Pakistan serving as neutral ground amid persistent tensions between the two countries. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images)

Hezbollah party supporters, one holding a poster depicting the Israeli Prime Minister manipulating a puppet of the Lebanese Prime Minister, as they demonstrate near the Governmental Palace to protest against the Lebanese authorities' decision to engage in direct negotiations with Israel in downtown Beirut on April 11, 2026. Hezbollah lawmaker reiterated on April 11, his group's rejection of direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, where authorities reported 10 people killed in Israeli attacks in the south. The office of the Lebanese president said on April 10, that officials from his country, Israel and the United States would meet next week in Washington "to discuss declaring a ceasefire and the start date for negotiations between Lebanon and Israel under US auspices". (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP via Getty Images)