US President Donald Trump stated that if Iran wants to start talks with the US, he will positively accept this proposal. Trump noted this after a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe of Japan, China Global Television Network (CGTN) reported.

“I do believe that Iran would like to talk. And if they’d like to talk, we’d like to talk also,” the US President said. “We’ll see what happens ... nobody wants to see terrible things happen, especially me.”