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.”
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.
Araqchi has since returned to Pakistan despite the absence of U.S. counterparts.
(Reporting by Katharine Jackson and Ryan Patrick Jones; Editing by Caitlin Webber)