US President Donald Trump has said that talks between the US and Iran could resume in Pakistan “within the next two days”, the New York Post reported on 14 April.
“You really should stay there because something could happen in the next two days, and we’re more inclined to go there [than elsewhere],” the publication quoted Trump as telling a reporter who was apparently in Islamabad.
“It’s more likely, you know why? Because the field marshal is doing a great job,” Trump said, referring to Pakistani army commander Asim Munir.
Pakistan hosted and mediated talks between senior US and Iranian officials on 11-12 April, with the US team led by Vice President J.D. Vance.
The talks-the first in nearly half a century-did not produce an agreement, and the leaders of the US delegation left Pakistan on 12 April.
Iranian officials signalled that they may be open to upcoming talks, but blamed the Americans for the breakdown of the talks.
After the US-Iran talks in Islamabad on 11-12 April, Trump announced that US military forces “will begin blocking any and all vessels attempting to enter or exit the Strait of Hormuz.”
The US Central Command later explained that it would block ships travelling to Iranian ports. However, the US will not restrict the movement of vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz to and from ports in other countries, the command said.
The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire early in the day on 8 April, five weeks after the US-Israeli war on Iran began on 28 February.