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Vance departs for Switzerland for talks with Iran — aide

The US vice president said earlier on Saturday that he could travel to Switzerland "within a couple of days"

US Vice President JD Vance Tom Brenner-Pool/Getty Images

US Vice President JD Vance

© Tom Brenner-Pool/Getty Images

WASHINGTON, June 20. /TASS/. US Vice President JD Vance has gone to Switzerland to participate in negotiations with the Iranian delegation, his aide Luke Schroeder said on X.

"Vice President JD Vance is wheels up from Washington, D.C., en route to Switzerland," he wrote. Vance said earlier on Saturday that he could travel to Switzerland "within a couple of days."

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