Iranthrough the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lost, Esmaeil Baqaeídenied this Tuesday that during this week both technical and high-level meetings such as USAAs the American president announced the day before, Donald Trump. The White House had confirmed that Trump’s chief negotiator, Steven Witkoffand the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushnerthey were on their way to Qatarwhere a meeting was to take place “at the request of Iran.” Tehran, however, flatly denies it. “Tomorrow we will meet in Doha only with the Qatari partto talk about the implementation of the pre-agreement [con Estados Unidos]including the release of our frozen bank assets in Qatar,” Baqaeí assured the press.
“For this reason, I want to emphasize that we do not plan any meeting of any kind with the Americans, neither tomorrow nor in the next few days“continued the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, who has also been appointed spokesperson for the Persian negotiating team.
What is expected to happen in Qatar will be an exchange of indirect messages between Washington y Tehran through the mediation of both the small Gulf monarchy and Pakistan.
Doha e Islamabad This Monday they achieved a new truce in this war, after several consecutive days of attacks, bombings and exchanges of threats between Iran and the United States due to the tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.
Permit to Tehran
The Islamic Republicwhich has reopened the passage of cargo ships through the route since the signing of the pre-agreement two weeks ago, assures that any ship that wants to transit Hormuz must request permission to Tehran before doing so. On Thursday, two ships tried to cross without this permit, rejected by all Gulf countries besides Washington. Tehran opened fire on the boatsprompting a US military response.
However, although hanging by a thread, contacts between the Persian country and the White House continue. “This week we will have technical meetingswhich will focus mainly on the regional security. Later these talks may be elevated to higher levels. Now we are talking about several issues: nuclear sectionthe economic path, and regional security and stability,” declared this Tuesday the spokesperson for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, Majed al-Ansari.
According to the text of the pre-agreement, Iran and the US have a maximum period of 60 days to reach a definitive agreement. Both parties, however, have the possibility of postponing the deadline by mutual agreement. If there is no entente, Trump has threatened on multiple occasions, then “The US will finish the task through military means”.
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