Al Arabiya and Saudi outlet Hadas report Iran told Pakistani officials it has not withdrawn from negotiations but has temporarily suspended them and urged resumption of stalled talks. Tehran rejected opening new shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran confirmed to Pakistan it is willing to continue talks with the US in Geneva, Qatar or Islamabad and said negotiations should restart on the Hormuz issue first, followed by frozen funds, then the nuclear file.

Gaza Peace Committee head said the committee welcomes Israel's steps to facilitate deployment of international forces.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to consider freezing the Russia-Ukraine fighting and relaunch the 2022 Istanbul negotiations. Tokayev made the appeal during a Saturday meeting with Putin in Omsk, Siberia, saying he had received multiple signals from Europe and the US and was passing them on. He said it may be time to freeze the conflict and restart an "Istanbul talks 2.0," citing the significant results of the early negotiations. The report described the appeal as a rare public peace signal from one of Moscow's closest partners.