Amid reports that Islamabad could host the second round of peace talks between the US and Iran, speculation is rife in Pakistani media outlets that US President Donald Trump himself could travel to Islamabad if a deal is reached.
Trump could meet with the Iranian delegation to finalise a potential agreement in Islamabad, said reports quoting a Pakistani newspaper, The Observer. The newspaper quoted Sajid Tarar, an analyst of US-Pakistani relations and South Asian geopolitics, as saying, "News in Washington indicates that President Trump will personally travel to Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with the Iranian delegation to finalise the Islamabad Agreement. The two sides may engage in a second round of talks as early as next Thursday”.
Earlier on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump confirmed that the resumption of negotiations with Iran in the Pakistani capital could take place within the next two days. He told the New York Post that the talks with Iran may be held within the next two days in Pakistan.
Post journalist Caitlin Doornbus claimed she called Trump from Islamabad and asked if there were going to be new talks with Iran. She said if Trump says there are renewed talks with Iran, they could take place within the next two days in Islamabad.
The journalist, however, added that Trump said he himself would not be part of the US delegation, but "it's quite interesting that Islamabad could host the talks again."
"It all happened as I was returning (from Pakistan to the US) yesterday. I wanted to ask Trump about the rumours that the talks would continue in Islamabad," she told another journalist, Talat Hussain. She told Trump she was in Islamabad and asked him whether she should book a flight home.
"Trump initially said yes, you should come back home... Maybe he himself initially didn't think the talks would be held (again) in Islamabad. Over 37 minutes after that initial call, I got a call from Trump, and he said, 'If I were you, I would stay in Islamabad.' Progress is being made, and it's possible that something will happen in 48 hours,” Doornbus said.
