Trump canceled US delegation's trip for talks with Iran
Trump decided to cancel the negotiators' trip as Iranian authorities reiterated that they were not planning a meeting / Photo: White House
US President Donald Trump has canceled a trip by envoys Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner to Islamabad over Iran's stance on peace talks, Axios reports.
"I don't see the point of sending them on an 18-hour flight in the current situation [of negotiations]," the publication quoted Trump as saying. - 'It's too long. We might as well do it over the phone. The Iranians can call us if they want to. We're not going to go just to sit there."
At the same time, when asked by reporters if this meant that the U.S. would resume military action, the president replied, "No. It doesn't mean that. We haven't thought about that yet."
Later, in a post on social media site Truth Social, Trump noted that there is no unified negotiating position within Iran's government. "There is serious internal strife and confusion within their 'leadership'. No one knows who is in charge, including themselves. Besides, we have all the cards in our hands, while they have none! If they want to talk, they only need to call!!!," the US president wrote.
Later on Truth Social, Trump noted that there is no unified negotiating position within the Iranian government. "There is serious internal strife and confusion within their 'leadership'. No one knows who is in charge, including themselves. Besides, we have all the cards in our hands, while they have none! If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!" - wrote the US president.
White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt confirmed on Friday that US special envoy Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, will travel to Pakistan on Saturday morning for "direct talks" with their Iranian counterparts. "The Iranians have reached out" and asked for a face-to-face meeting, as Trump has urged them to do, CNBC quoted Levitt's statement on Fox News as saying.
"No meeting is planned between Iran and the US. Iran's remarks will be conveyed to Pakistan," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei wrote late in the evening of April 25 on social network X. On Saturday, the Iranian Embassy in Pakistan said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Pakistani military chief Asim Munir. The Iranian official said representatives of his government had no plans to meet with U.S. negotiators traveling to Pakistan. The Iranian delegation has already left Islamabad, Reuters reported.
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