Trump Calls off Dispatching US Negotiators to Pakistan
Washington. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he called off dispatching top US envoys to Pakistan for negotiations with Iran.
The president said in a social media post, “I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going to Islamabad.”
That came shortly after Trump told Fox News that he’d instructed US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner not to go.
He wrote in the subsequent post, “Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work!”
The president also repeated his past suggestions that the leadership of Iran remains unsettled, writing, “Nobody knows who is in charge.”
Trump’s post followed information from Pakistani officials who said that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had left Pakistan without meeting US officials.
In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he’s no longer sending Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for Iran talks, telling the network that ″they can call us anytime they want.”
In a brief phone interview, Trump said that he told Witkoff and Kushner, “You’re not going to be making any more 18-hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
Trump also said of the US side, “We have all the cards.”
His comments on Saturday came after the White House said Friday that Witkoff and Kushner would be heading to Pakistan for another round of negotiations with Iran.
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