U.S. President Says Iran Can Call U.S. If It Wants to Negotiate

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran can ‌reach out to the United Stated if it wants to negotiate an end to the war between the two countries.

"If they ⁠want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us. You know, there is a telephone. We have nice, secure lines," Trump said in an inteview on Fox News' "The Sunday ‌Briefing."

President Trump ⁠canceled a trip by his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan on Saturday, dealing a new ⁠setback to peace prospects after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi departed Islamabad after ⁠speaking only to Pakistani officials.

After holding talks in Pakistan, Araqchi flew to Oman - another mediator in the war - where he met the country's leader, Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, on Sunday.

They discussed security in the strait and Araqchi called for a regional security framework free of outside interference, according to Iran's foreign ministry.

Araqchi later returned to Islamabad, Iranian state media reported. Pakistani government sources said he would hold talks with the country's leadership before heading to Moscow.

Source: Reuters



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