US President Donald Trump commended Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir as "extraordinary men." US and Iranian delegations held over 21 hours of negotiations in Islamabad on April 10 following a two-week ceasefire agreement. The talks, the first direct US-Iran meeting in over a decade, ended without agreement. Iran's nuclear program and Strait of Hormuz remained disputed issues. Vice President JD Vance stated Iran refused to abandon nuclear ambitions.