As Iran and the United States start their nuclear talks in Oman on April 12, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said there was a chance of reaching a "fair and honourable agreement" if both sides entered negotiations with "an equal stance”.
The White House said all it wanted is for Iran to abandon its nuclear programme.
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The White House said all it wanted is for Iran to abandon its nuclear programme.
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00:26The reason why is now very smooth and it is in our own situation.
00:33And with a reasonable decision to be equal to the approach that will be the same and
00:41the only way the people of Iran will be able to make it possible.
00:46He is satisfied with how Iran is responding to this. They don't want direct face-to-face negotiations
00:52Instead, sort of old-school shuttle diplomacy where they're in separate rooms and messages are passed back and forth.
00:58So is the president comfortable with the arrangement there, and what is the chief objective?
01:03Well, I have spoken to both the president and also his national security team who will be engaged in these discussions.
01:09These will be direct talks with the Iranians, and I want to make that very clear.
01:13I also spoke to the president just last night about his goal when it comes to Iran.
01:17And he has reiterated repeatedly to all of you, publicly and also privately to his team here at the White House,
01:23his ultimate goal and the ultimate objective is to ensure that Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon.
01:30The president believes in diplomacy, direct talks, talking directly in the same room in order to achieve that goal.
01:37But he's made it very clear to the Iranians, and his national security team will as well, that all options are on the table, and Iran has a choice to make.
01:45You can agree to President Trump's demand, or there will be all hell to pay.
01:50And that's how the president feels. He feels very strongly about it.
01:52Can you update us on Mr. Witkoff in Russia and what's happening with direct communications with Vladimir Putin?
01:59I can confirm that Mr. Witkoff is in Russia to have direct communications with the Kremlin and with Vladimir Putin.
02:07This is another step in the negotiating process towards a ceasefire and an ultimate peace deal in Russia and Ukraine.
02:12As these negotiations are ongoing, I obviously will not get ahead of the president or his team,
02:17but I think the president has been quite clear that he's been continually frustrated with both sides of this conflict,
02:22and he wants to see this fighting end. He wants the war to end.
02:26We believe we have leverage in negotiating a peace deal, and we're going to use that leverage,
02:32and the president is determined to see this through.
02:35He continues to work, a skrupulious work, there is an exchange of opinions,
02:41there are positions of each other, one for each other, one for each other.
02:44So this is a skrupulious work.
02:47Here we don't need to wait any breaks, there is a process of normalization of relations
02:54and searching, searching, searching, searching for water to exit on the trajectory of the U.K.