On Tuesday, April 21, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States will extend its commitment to the active ceasefire framework.

The White House confirmed that the extension is intended to give the active Islamabad-led diplomatic quartet the necessary window to refine implementation details.

Pakistani mediators aggressively lobbied for the extension over the weekend. They warned that a premature expiration of the truce would immediately plunge the international energy market back into chaos.