By EFE
The president donald trump He stated this Tuesday that does not want to extend the ceasefire with Iranwhich expires on Wednesday, because he hopes that an agreement will be reached in the talks in Pakistan.
“I don’t want to do that. We don’t have that much time,” he responded when asked in a telephone interview with CNBC about the possibility of extending the truce.
“Iran can put itself in a very strong position if they reach an agreement. They can make their country a strong nation again“A wonderful nation again,” he added.
The American leader stressed that Iran has “an incredible people” But he regretted that his leaders are “thirsty for blood,” so he urged them to use “reason and common sense.”
The vice president of the United States, JD Vance, plans to travel to Islamabad this Tuesday for a second round of negotiations with the Iranian authorities, although Tehran has not yet officially confirmed its participation.
Vance, who He led the April 11 negotiations that ended without an agreementwill once again be accompanied by White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law.
A temporary ceasefire declared in the war waged by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic is scheduled to expire on Wednesday.
Both parties have not reached an agreement until now for the free movement of the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global crude oil trade that Tehran blocked in retaliation for the US and Israeli offensive.
Furthermore, since the failure of the first round of negotiations, The United States maintains a naval blockade against Iran and US forces announced this Tuesday that they intercepted a tanker in the Indo-Pacific linked to the Islamic Republic.
Washington’s indispensable objective in the negotiations is that Iran to renounce uranium enrichment and obtain a nuclear weaponbut Tehran has always maintained that its nuclear program has peaceful and scientific purposes.
Keep reading:
- Why the Strait of Hormuz is strategic and how Iran has used it as a pressure tool
- What is happening with the agreement reached by the US and Iran for a ceasefire
