Pakistan has proposed hosting a second round of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad in the coming days, before the end of the ceasefire, two Pakistani officials said, reported Associated Press (AP) on Tuesday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter with the press, said the proposal would depend on whether the parties request a different location. One of the officials said that, despite ending without an agreement, the first talks were part of an ongoing diplomatic process rather than a one-off effort. Vance says \u2018some progress\u2019 made US Vice-President JD Vance said in an interview with Fox News Channel\u2019s \u201cSpecial Report\u201d that negotiations \u201cdid make some progress\u201d in the Islamabad talks on the US insistence on the removal of nuclear material from Iran as well as a mechanism to ensure uranium cannot be enriched in the future.\u201cThey moved in our direction,\u201d Vance said in the interview. He said he thought Iranian negotiators were \u201cunable to cut a deal\u201d and needed to get approval from others in Tehran. Vance also said that US negotiators made clear that Trump \u201cwould be very happy if Iran was treated like a normal country, if it had a normal economy\u201d, but he did not go into details about what he meant. \u201cThere really is, I think, a grand deal to be had here. But, it\u2019s up to the Iranians, I think, to take the next step,\u201d Vance said.The White House was not responsive to queries about whether new talks were being weighed. \u201cPresident Trump, Vice-President Vance and the negotiating team have made the US red lines very clear. The Iranians desperation for a deal will only increase with President Trump\u2019s highly effective naval blockade now in effect,\u201d White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. US, Iran headeding toward second round? Both the sides are weighing new in-person negotiations in a bid to reach a deal aimed at ending their six-week war before the ceasefire expires next week, two US officials and person familiar with the development said, reported CNN. The three said discussions were still underway about a new round of talks, while a diplomat from one of the mediating countries went further to say Tehran and Washington have agreed to it. All four spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic negotiations. It\u2019s unclear if the same level of delegation would be expected to attend, the diplomat and US officials said. The diplomat and US officials said Islamabad, Pakistan, was once again being discussed as the host location. The US officials also said Geneva was a possibility, and that while the venue and timing had not been decided, the talks could happen Thursday. The White House didn\u2019t immediately respond to a message seeking comment.Trump told reporters earlier Monday that \u201cwe\u2019ve been called by the other side\u201d and \u201cthey want to work a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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