US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that will indirectly involve the US in negotiations with Iran about Tehran’s nuclear program in Geneva, Switzerland. According to him, Iranian officials want to reach an agreement in order to avoid negative consequences, TASR reports, according to the reports of the AFP, Reuters and TASS agencies.
- Trump announced indirect participation in the US negotiations with Iran in Geneva.
- The second round of indirect negotiations will be mediated by Oman and will take place on Tuesday.
- The US also requests a discussion on ballistic missiles and the support of armed groups.
- At the beginning of February, talks were resumed after the threat of military intervention.
- The US military is deploying aircraft carriers and preparing for an offensive.
“I think they want to get a deal. I don’t think they want to suffer the consequences of not getting a deal. They want to get a deal,” emphasized the American president to journalists on board Air Force One during the trip to Washington.
On Tuesday, the second round of indirect negotiations between the US and Iran, again mediated by Oman, will take place in Geneva. The Iranian delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araki, US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law. Washington pushed for other topics to be discussed, such as Iran’s ballistic missiles and support for armed groups in the Middle East.
In early February, the two countries resumed talks in Oman following Trump’s threats of military action against Iran. The United States sent the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier accompanied by three missile destroyers to the Middle East in January. Last week, Trump confirmed that Washington had also sent a second aircraft carrier to the area – the USS Gerald R. Ford. The US military is preparing for the possibility of a military offensive if the negotiations are not successful, US officials told Reuters.
