Trump cancels Iran meeting: "They can call us"

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Updated 18.24 | Published 09.37

          
         
         President Donald Trump arrives in Florida on Friday.
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US President Donald Trump announces that his envoy will not travel to Pakistan for new peace talks with Iran.

The announcement comes after Iran submitted its demands to the mediators.

Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner will no longer travel to Pakistan, Trump tells Fox News.

- We all have cards. They can call us whenever they want, says Trump, adding that they will not "make any more 18-hour flights to sit and talk about nothing".

That does not mean the United States will resume the war, Trump tells Axios.

- No. It does not mean that. We have not thought about it yet, says the president.

Foreign Minister Leaves

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Islamabad earlier on Saturday, after meetings with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who is mediating between Iran and the United States.

During the meeting, he presented the country's "principled position" on the ceasefire and Iran's positions for a "total end" to the war, according to a statement from Araghchi.

Iran has maintained that it is refraining from direct negotiations with the Americans, while the White House has stated that such talks would take place over the weekend.