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Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Tahir Andrabi, says the 22 crew members will be handed over to Iranian authorities.
He says their container will be backloaded to Pakistani waters and returned to its owners.
Andrabi says this is being coordinated, quote, in tandem with the support of American and Iranian officials.
and Iran have both been trying to assert control over the strait, a key shipping route for oil, gas and fertilizer.
I don't like where this is headed.
Iran reversed its decision and reshut the strait a few hours after it was opened, after President Trump said the US blockade on Iranian ports would stay in place.
But during the brief opening on Saturday, the Indian Foreign Ministry said there was, quote, a brief incident of firing on merchant ships.
On Saturday, the UK's Maritime Trade Operations Centre said it received a report that two Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats fired on a tanker.
It didn't say if the tanker was Indian flagged.
More than 20,000 seafarers have been stuck on hundreds of ships in the Gulf since the Mideast War began in late February.
Delegations are set to arrive for talks on Saturday, according to White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt.
The US delegation will be led by Vice President J.D.
Vance and Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.
Israel's invasion of Lebanon is expected to be one of the main challenges at the talks.
Israel has intensified its strikes in Lebanon since the ceasefire was announced Tuesday.
President Trump and Israel insist that Lebanon is not covered by the ceasefire, although it was included in the initial announcement by Pakistan.
Iran's foreign minister earlier warned that the U.S.