Secret negotiations between the US and Iran on the nuclear deal broke down in Turkey: what is the reason?
фото: Reuters
US President Donald Trump and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan tried to secretly organize negotiations between the US and Iran on a nuclear deal, but their efforts proved futile.
This was reported by the Axios publication.
As noted, at the G7 summit in Canada, Trump received a phone call from Erdogan, during which the Turkish president proposed holding a meeting between Iranians and Americans in Istanbul.
At the same time, as the publication’s interlocutor reported, a few hours before the conversation with Erdogan, the American president received signals from the Iranians about their desire to meet.
According to sources, Trump agreed to the Turkish president’s proposal and expressed his willingness to send US Vice President Vance and Special Envoy for the Middle East Witkoff to Istanbul. He even assured that he was ready to meet personally with the Iranian president if necessary.
In turn, Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan conveyed the proposal for a meeting to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
To get approval, they tried to contact Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who is hiding from Israeli strikes.
However, the Iranian side later reported that contact had been unsuccessful. After that, Turkey informed the United States that the meeting had been canceled.
As a reminder, Iran called negotiations with the US “pointless” after Israel’s missile strikes on its nuclear facilities.
Iran previously refused to participate in negotiations with the United States regarding its nuclear program, scheduled for June 15.
By the way, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that Tehran would return to negotiations on its nuclear program only if Israeli strikes stopped .
Also follow “Pryamim” on Facebook , Twitter , Telegram , and Instagram.