US ‘came in good faith’, Vance says-
Vance adds that the US came to the talks flexible and “in good faith”, but it was unfortunate that the two sides couldn’t come to an agreement.
“We leave here with a very simple proposal, a method of understanding that this is our final and best offer. We’ll see if the Iranians accept it.”
Vice-President JD Vance says the US and Iran have not reached an agreement following high-stakes peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan
Vance says he came “in good faith”, but adds the US needs to see “fundamental commitment of will” from Iran to not develop nuclear weapons – the vice-president is now leaving Pakistan
Iran’s foreign ministry says the talks were “intensive”, and called on Washington to refrain from “excessive demands and unlawful requests”
The talks were possible because of the high level of both delegations and their authority to negotiate, our chief international correspondent writes
US President Donald Trump says it “makes no difference” to him whether a deal is reached and “regardless what happens, we win”
US Central Command says two of its navy destroyers sailed through the Strait of Hormuz as it starts to clear sea mines, but Iran has denied the claim
As Israel continues to strike Hezbollah targets, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants a peace deal with Lebanon that “will last” Vance says talks included discussions about frozen Iranian assets
We talked about all those issues,” Vance says, as well as “a number of issues beyond that”.
“We just could not get to a situation where the Iranians were willing to accept our terms.”
Describing the US approach to talks, he tells reporters “I think we were quite flexible, we were quite accommodating.
Vance says halting Iran’s nuclear capabilities a ‘core goal’
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Vance took on some questions and answers one on Iran’s nuclear capacity.
“The simple fact is that we need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon and they will not seek the tools that will enable them to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon.”
He describes this as Trump’s “core goal”.
Vance says their nuclear programme has “been destroyed” but stresses that there’s a need for a “fundamental commitment of will” against Iran developing a nuclear weapon in the future.
“We haven’t seen that yet. We hope we will.”
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