US President Donald Trump has canceled the trip of his special envoy Steve Witkoff and businessman Jared Kushner to Pakistan for talks with Iran, Fox News journalist Aisha Hasni reported.
In X, the journalist noted that during a phone call, Trump told her that he had unilaterally canceled Witkoff and Kushner's trip to Pakistan.
„I told my people some time ago, as they were preparing to leave: „No, you're not going to take an 18-hour flight to get there. We hold all the cards. They can call us whenever they want. "But you won't be flying for 18 hours just to talk about nothing anymore," Hasni quoted the American leader as saying.
The cancellation of the trip does not mean the resumption of military action against Iran, Trump said in an interview with Axios.
According to the portal, the president answered negatively when asked whether the cancellation of the visit of American negotiators to Islamabad meant that the United States would resume strikes against Iran. "It doesn't mean that. We're not thinking about that yet," he said.
On April 24, Axios correspondent Barak Ravid, citing sources, reported that direct talks between the American and Iranian delegations would be held on April 27 in Islamabad. White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said that Witkoff and Kushner would travel to Islamabad on April 25 to hear from the Iranian side.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei then said that Tehran did not plan to meet with US officials during Foreign Minister Abbas's meeting. Araghchi's visit to Pakistan. Baghaei stressed that Araghchi would meet with senior Pakistani officials only as part of Islamabad's mediation efforts to end the conflict in the Middle East. On April 25, Al-Hadath TV reported that Araghchi had left Islamabad after talks with Pakistani officials.