News Desk
Washington, D.C. – April 12: U.S. President Donald Trump described the high-level U.S.-Iran negotiations held in Islamabad, Pakistan, as largely constructive, noting that significant consensus was achieved on multiple issues despite the failure to resolve the core dispute over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
In a detailed statement on Truth Social following nearly 20 hours of face-to-face talks led by Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, President Trump said:“The meeting with Iran began early in the morning, and lasted throughout the night — close to 20 hours. I could go into great detail, and talk about much that has been gotten but, there is only one thing that matters — IRAN IS UNWILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS! … In many ways, the points that were agreed to are better than us continuing our Military Operations to conclusion, but all of those points don’t matter compared to allowing Nuclear Power to be in the hands of such volatile, difficult, unpredictable people.”
Trump emphasized that while progress was made on several fronts during the marathon negotiations hosted by Pakistani leaders, the nuclear issue remained the decisive sticking point. He reiterated his long-standing position: “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.”
