White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Friday that President Donald Trump‘s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Witkoff are headed to Islamabad, Pakistan, for a second round of peace talks to end the Iran war.

Vice President JD Vance, who led the U.S. delegation during the first round of talks, will not join the duo in Pakistan to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Vance is reportedly not attending because Iran’s Speaker of the Parliament, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, will not be in attendance.

“I can confirm Special Envoy Witkoff and Jared Kushner will be off to Pakistan again tomorrow morning to engage in talks, direct talks, intermediated by the Pakistanis, who have been incredible friends and mediators throughout this entire process, with representatives from the Iranian delegation,” Leavitt told Fox News’s America Reports Friday afternoon.

“The Iranians reached out, as the president called on them to do, and asked for this in-person conversation,” Leavitt continued. “So the president is dispatching Steve and Jared to go hear what they have to say, and we’re hopeful that it will be a productive conversation and hopefully move the ball forward towards a deal.”

On Tuesday, Trump extended a two-week ceasefire with Iran for an indefinite amount of time. He repeatedly declined to say how long the pauses in hostilities would last, claiming he would not be rushed into a deal with Iran.

“We’ll see what happens,” he told reporters on Thursday. “We have no pressure.” 

Vance was initially supposed to head to Pakistan for negotiations last weekend, but the trip was postponed after talks fell apart. Trump said on Truth Social that the decision was because the Iranians did not have a unified negotiating team. On Thursday, Trump said it was unclear to the United States who was running Iran at the moment.

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Leavitt said the administration “will see” whether Tehran is prepared to accept U.S. conditions to achieve a peace deal. Trump has been adamant that Iran give up its nuclear power ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz in order for the war to end.

“The president always wants to give diplomacy a chance. It’s always his first option, and he’s willing to do that here again,” she said. “The vice president remains deeply involved in this entire process, and he’ll be standing by here in the United States, along with the president and the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and the entire national security team for updates. And of course, everyone will be on standby to fly to Pakistan if necessary.”