Amid tensions and threats by President Donald Trump, United States and Delegations Iran They had “constructive” conversations this Saturday about the thorny nuclear theme.
Thus they were qualified both by the White House and the Iranian official press, while Trump himself said that the negotiations, which will continue next weekend, “are going well”, According to review CNN.
This is the first direct contact between representatives of the current American administration and Iranian officials, which was based to the Sultanate of Oman.
The Foreign Minister of that Arab nation at first measured the dialogue, transmitting messages between the two delegations that were in separate rooms, according to press reports.
“After more than two and a half hours of indirect negotiations, the heads of the Iranian and American delegations spoke for a few minutes in the presence of Omaní Foreign Minister,” said state agency Irnaí Irna, which pointed out that the conversations were held “in a constructive environment based on mutual respect.”
For its part, the White House said in a statement cited by CNN that “the discussions were very positive and constructive” and described them as a “step forward to achieve a mutually beneficial result”, while thanking Oman “for his support for this initiative.”
The US delegation was led by Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy for the Middle East, who said Washington intends to “solve the differences” between the United States and Iran “through dialogue and diplomacy, if possible.”
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The leader of the Iranian delegation, Chancellor Abbas Araghchi, told the state media that the meeting “approached a lot” to reach a framework agreement for the negotiations and that the atmosphere of the exchange “was such that he assured continuity and progress.”
“If we can finish the base (of the conversations) in the next session, I think we will have made significant progress and we can start real and substantive conversations based on that,” he said.
Trump and military threat
Meanwhile, the US president was optimistic about the meeting. Asked about it aboard the Air Force One, he did not want to issue substantial opinions, but said he believes that the conversations “are going well.”
“Nothing matters until you succeed. So I don’t like talking about it. But it’s going well. The situation with Iran goes quite well, I think,” he said.
Trump, remember the CNNhas given Tehran a period of two months to accept an agreement that leads to the fact that they will reduce their nuclear footprint or eliminate their program completely.
The Republican, who has criticized the previous agreement reached in 2015, has reiterated his desire that the Persian country does not have nuclear weapons and has even left the door of military actions in case the negotiations do not reach fruition.
“If the military is required, we will have the military,” Trump said this week, in statements in which he confirmed that, the case “Israel will obviously be very involved.”
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In response, Iran has warned “reprisals” if he is attacked and has refused to negotiate under pressure by Washington.
Tehran has said that its objective in negotiations is to reach a “fair and binding” agreement and has considered the American claim to completely dismantle its nuclear program.
The next dialogue round will be on Saturday, April 19.
