US President Donald Trump hailed the progress on Wednesday of indirect talks between the United States and Iran in Qatar, as the sides aimed to push forward negotiations and quell tensions following exchanges of fire.
The US leader said there had been “very good meetings” in Doha after an early dispute over the format threatened to overshadow discussions.
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Iran insisted there would be no direct negotiations between the sides in the Qatari capital on the two parties’ memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the Middle East war, which broke out with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February.
“As far as things are going, the denuclearization of Iran is moving along well,” Trump told reporters as he prepared to board his Qatar-gifted Air Force One plane, which the Gulf state donated last year.
