VP Travel Report #6 - Switzerland - Lid and full text

We were given a lid at 1:14am local. The VP’s office also provided the following statement, attributable to a US official:

Negotiations are still ongoing, and we still anticipate they will continue through the night.

Some have asked for the full text of the statement that was previously provided to the pool by the VP’s office on background attributable to a senior US diplomat engaged in the negotiations — here is the full text of that statement:

The Vice President touched down around 6am this morning and our delegation has been engaged in constant meetings and negotiations since then. Contrary to rampant false reporting, the Iranians are still here and discussions are ongoing. We anticipate continuing to work through the night.

Topics of discussion have included clarifying some of the confusing messaging from Iran on the Strait and building deconfliction mechanisms to ensure the Strait will remain fully open. We have also worked through deconfliction mechanisms and enforcing the ceasefire in southern Lebanon.

We've had robust discussions on all elements of the nuclear deal. We plan to continue working through each of these issues and using today's work as a starting point for ongoing technical talks going forward.

Your pool has not been given any additional information about the talks today or what the VP’s plan is for tomorrow. Will provide updates as we get them.

Kate Sullivan

White House Correspondent

Bloomberg News

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