ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump said that negotiations between Washington and Tehran may restart within the next two days and the United States is “more inclined” to head to Pakistan for the talks, according to the New York Post.
“Something could be happening over the next two days, and we’re more inclined to go there,” Trump stated in an interview with the New York Post. “It’s more likely, you know why? Because the field marshal is doing a great job,” he said.
Trump said Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir was doing a “great job” on the talks.
“I just think he’s a great guy. The Field Marshal. You know he ended the war with India, saved 30 million people,” he said.
“He’s fantastic, and therefore it’s more likely that we go back there,” Trump added.
Islamabad hosted direct Iran-US talks on Saturday, marking the highest engagement between the two sides since 1979. Both delegations departed the capital after the talks ended without an agreement, but also without a breakdown.
Two Pakistani sources with knowledge of the talks said Islamabad was communicating with the two sides about the timing of the next round and the meeting would likely take place on the weekend.
“We have reached out to Iran and we got a positive response that they will be open to a second round of talks,” a senior Pakistani government official was quoted as saying by Reuters.
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