US and Iran to sign peace deal in Swiss mountain resort Bürgenstock

Bürgenstock was reportedly proposed as a location by the parties in the conflict and their mediators, Pakistan and Qatar. Keystone-SDA

The memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran on ending the war is due to be signed on Friday at Bürgenstock, a mountain resort in central Switzerland that played host to a Ukraine peace summit in 2024.

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The Swiss foreign ministry confirmed the location to news agency Keystone-SDA following a report in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper. The ministry said it has been in close contact with the US, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar for several days in order to facilitate a meeting to discuss the possible signing of a memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, and to facilitate the arrival of delegations in Switzerland.

The signing is currently scheduled for Friday in Bürgenstock. “This location was proposed by the Pakistani and Qatari mediators, as well as by the United States and Iran,” the ministry said. Switzerland is acting as a mediator and is creating the necessary practical and diplomatic conditions for this meeting to take place on its territory.

It had previously been reported that, according to Iranian sources, a further round of negotiations between the US and Iran was due to begin in Switzerland on Friday, immediately after the signing of the negotiated framework agreement. These further talks were to be concluded within 60 days. This was stated by the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Aragchi, and reported by the Tasnim news agency in Tehran.

Araghtschi went on to say that an end to the war would entail an end to the Israeli occupation of territories in Lebanon. Iran would regard any new Israeli attacks on Lebanon and any continued occupation of those territories as a breach of the agreement reached.

According to US sources, the US and Iran have already signed the framework agreement digitally.

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