Washington (dpa-Afx)-The US specialist Steve Witkoff also wants to take part in the next round of nuclear negotiations with Iran. Witkoff will travel to the planned meeting of the chief negotiators in Oman, said the spokeswoman for the US State Department, Tammy Bruce. The technical negotiations would be led by the director of political planning, Michael Anton.
After the second round of negotiations in Rome last weekend, both sides had agreed to continue the talks. Negotiations at the technical level took place on Wednesday in the Omani capital Maskat. The chief negotiators want to meet for the third time on Saturday.
Trump has threatened with military consequences
U.S. President Donald Trump offered Iran direct negotiations on a new nuclear agreement last month after years of radio silence – and at the same time threatened with military consequences if Tehran should not agree to a limitation of his controversial nuclear program.
Both countries have been covering mutual allegations for decades. The dispute over the Iranian nuclear program is one of the constant topics of international politics. Iran is accused of working on the construction of its own nuclear weapons. Tehran denies the./nau/dp/he