Report: Direct Talks Between US And Iran To End War Could Come This Week
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Talks to end the war could come as early as this week.
The talks might be held in Islamabad.
Direct talks between the United States and Iran on ending the war could be held in Islamabad as early as this week, Reuters reported on Monday.
Until now, intermediaries including Egypt, Pakistan, and several Gulf states have been relaying messages between Washington and Tehran, a European official also told the news agency.
Iranian media also reported that President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed the war’s impact on regional and global security during a phone call earlier Monday.
Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi told CNN that Islamabad is “already ready to host talks.”
Islamabad is “already ready to host talks” involving Iran and the United States, a Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson told CNN, hours after Tehran rebuffed claims that the US and Iran opened a diplomatic channel this past weekend.
“If both sides agree, Pakistan is always ready to host talks,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi said Monday.
Trump postponed strikes on Iran after “very good and productive conversations” with Iran.
I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BASED ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THESE IN DEPTH, DETAILED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD, SUBJECT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ONGOING MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
Peace through strength!
