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Donald Trump Cancels Mission to Pakistan for Talks with Iran

• Donald Trump canceled the upcoming trip of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to Pakistan for new discussions with Iran.
• According to the US president, this decision does not indicate a return to hostilities in the region.

Donald Trump has reversed course. The American president announced on Saturday, April 25, that he had canceled the expected trip of his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan. The two men were supposed to go to Islamabad to engage in new talks with Iran. “I just canceled the trip of my representatives to Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with the Iranians,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Too much time wasted in travel, too much work! (…) Nobody knows who is in charge (in Tehran), including themselves,” he explained, emphasizing that he has “all the cards in hand.” “If they want to talk, they just have to call us,” added the billionaire, “but you won’t be flying for eighteen hours to sit down and talk about nothing.”

However, according to the White House tenant, this announcement, initially reported by the media Axios and Fox News, does not signal a resumption of fighting in the Middle East. “No. It does not mean that (attacks on Iran will resume, editorial note). We have not thought about it yet,” he assures.

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This twist of events comes hours after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi concluded a visit to Pakistan. He also criticized Washington, stating that it “remains to be seen if the United States is truly serious about diplomacy.”

As a reminder, the United States extended indefinitely this week the ceasefire with Iran, which came into effect on April 8 after Israeli-American strikes launched on February 28.