White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday announced President Donald Trump is sending special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff with the U.S. delegation to Pakistan to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for a new round of peace talks. “The Iranians want to talk,” Leavitt said. “They want to talk in person. And so the President is, as I’ve said many, many times to all of you, always willing to give diplomacy a chance.” <\/p>\n
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT: Well, look, as you know, and I spoke about it earlier this week, the President was flexible in granting an extension of the ceasefire throughout this time. The President has decided to dispatch Special Envoy Witkoff and Jared Kushner back to Islamabad. The Iranians want to talk. They want to talk in person. And so the President is, as I’ve said many, many times to all of you, always willing to give diplomacy a chance. So Steve and Jared will be heading to Pakistan tomorrow to hear the Iranians out. We hope progress will be made, and we hope that positive developments will come from this meeting. And we will see. And the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of State will be waiting here in the United States for updates. And the Vice President, I understand, is on standby and will be willing to dispatch to Pakistan if we feel it’s a necessary use of his time. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n