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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Washington, March 4 (Xinhua) — US Special Presidential Envoy Steven Witkoff, who has led negotiations with Iran in recent months, is no longer maintaining diplomatic contacts with the Islamic Republic following the US-Israeli strikes on the country, CNN reported on Tuesday.
According to him, the administration of US President Donald Trump, at least for now, has abandoned diplomatic efforts and focused on military action against Iran.
S. Witkoff has not spoken to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for several days, "since this whole thing went into a hot phase," journalists write, quoting a senior Washington administration official.
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump wrote on social media that it was too late for negotiations with Iran and claimed that the United States had a military advantage.
In another post, the US president boasted of "unlimited supplies" of weapons. He was commenting on a Wall Street Journal article that claimed the United States was rapidly expending air defense interceptors and other munitions during the conflict with Iran, allegedly leading to depletion of its stockpiles.
Trump also stated that the son of the last Iranian Shah, Crown Prince-in-exile Reza Pahlavi, is not being considered by the White House as a potential new leader of Iran, noting that he still prefers "someone from within" to take over.
The president also acknowledged that before the start of the large-scale military campaign against Iran, the authorities failed to prepare a plan to evacuate US citizens from the Middle East. "Because everything happened so quickly," Trump told reporters.
The US State Department said Tuesday it was "actively reserving" military and charter aircraft to fly Americans from the Middle East to safety as the war has severely disrupted commercial air travel.
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