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Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a phone call with U.S. negotiators involved in efforts to end the Iran war on Sunday, with diplomatic sources saying the discussion focused on the latest state of U.S.-Iran negotiations.
FM Fidan held separate calls with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on the same subject.
Turkish Foreign Ministry diplomatic sources confirmed that Fidan held a phone call with U.S. interlocutors on Sunday in which "views were exchanged on the latest state of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran."
The ministry provided no further details on who specifically represented the U.S. side in the call.
The Foreign Ministry sources also said earlier that Fidan had held separate calls on Saturday with Araghchi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, both of which focused on "the latest developments in the negotiation process between Iran and the U.S."
Araghchi arrived in Islamabad Saturday night and met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, while the planned visit of U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Islamabad was simultaneously canceled.
The sticking points between Iran and the U.S. are understood to be the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed since the war began on February 28; the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports, which Tehran has called a ceasefire violation; and the fate of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile.
Pakistan brokered a ceasefire on April 8.
A first round of direct U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad on April 11-12 lasted approximately 21 hours without producing an agreement.
Trump subsequently extended the ceasefire while awaiting a "unified proposal" from Tehran.
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