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Trump: Progress made in indirect talks with Iran in Qatar
US President Donald Trump said the indirect talks between the US and Iran in Qatar went 'very well' and that Iran's nuclear disarmament is progressing. Iran stressed there were no direct negotiations.
US President Donald Trump said the indirect talks between the US and Iran in Qatar have made progress. Trump told reporters before boarding a Qatar Airways plane that the meetings in Doha went 'very well'.
Iran, however, stressed that there would be no direct negotiations with the US. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ismail Baghaei said the Iranian delegation is led by Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, but 'there is no plan for negotiations with the American side at any level in the coming days'.
The talks continue with Qatari and Pakistani mediation under the framework of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed last month in Lucerne, Switzerland. The agreement envisions a 60-day ceasefire, the reopening of the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, and a timeline for a final agreement on Iran's nuclear program.
A diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity said the technical-level talks are focusing on the details of the MOU and 'build on the progress achieved at the Lucerne Summit'. US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Tuesday but did not attend the technical meetings.
Trump said Iran's nuclear disarmament is 'progressing well', adding 'We hit them very hard... But we get along very well'. The mutual fire exchanges that had occurred since the agreement was signed appeared to have calmed ahead of the Qatar talks. The US Central Command announced it struck 10 Iranian targets after Iran targeted a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran retaliated against US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said implementation difficulties, incidents and differences of opinion were inevitable after the end of the war. Ghalibaf also stressed Iran's commitment to implementing the agreement.
Analysts noted that the parties are giving different messages to the public. Anna Jacobs of the Arab Gulf States Institute said the process is still in its early stages and negotiations are continuing both privately and publicly. H. A. Helyer, an analyst at the Royal United Services Institute in London, said there is a 'lack of transparency' and that both sides are giving 'very different public messages'.
Meanwhile, Iran-backed Hezbollah's rocket fire on Israel last month, dragging Lebanon into the war, led to Israeli airstrikes and a ground operation. Tehran insists any agreement must include an end to the fighting in Lebanon and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the region.
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