Iran's Foreign Ministry said on the 21st (local time) that a follow-up meeting to the peace agreement with the United States, to be held in Switzerland, is scheduled to take place over one day.
Esmaeil Baghaei, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, said in an interview with Iran's state-run IRNA news agency the same day, "The meeting is scheduled for today as a one-day event," adding, "In the morning, we will each hold bilateral talks with the delegations of the mediators Pakistan and Qatar."
Spokesperson Baghaei explained, "In the afternoon, a four-way meeting will be held between the delegations of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States, with the delegations of Qatar and Pakistan in attendance."
This meeting is the first official follow-up negotiation since the peace agreement between the United States and Iran. The two sides are expected to address as key agenda items the future direction of Iran's nuclear development program and the easing of U.S. sanctions on Iran.
Initially, the two countries planned to hold working-level talks in Switzerland immediately after signing the peace memorandum of understanding. However, as clashes continued in Lebanon between Israel and the pro-Iran armed faction Hezbollah, the schedule was postponed once.