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US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that talks between Washington and Tehran could resume over the next two days and that \u201cwe\u2019re more inclined to go\u201d to Pakistan, reported The New York Post<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cYou should stay there, really, because something could be happening over the next two days, and we\u2019re more inclined to go there,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s more likely, you know why? Because the Field Marshal is doing a great job. He\u2019s fantastic, and therefore it\u2019s more likely that we go back there,\u201c he told The NY Post<\/em>. \u201cWhy should we go to some country that has nothing to do with it?\u201d<\/p>\n However, the paper confirmed that Trump would join the US delegation for a potential second round of talks. Moreover, he did not mention who would be part of the negotiating team.<\/p>\n The NY Post<\/em> also noted Trump\u2019s displeasure with reports that the US asked Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program for at least 20 years during the Islamabad Talks.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been saying they can\u2019t have nuclear weapons\u201d, he was quoted as saying, \u201cso I don\u2019t like the 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked by the paper about whether the moratorium could encourage Iran to make a deal, Trump replied, \u201cI don\u2019t want them (Iran) to feel like they have a win.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s statement follows reports<\/a> that negotiating teams from the US and Iran could return to Islamabad later this week, after engaging in dialogue in Pakistan\u2019s capital over the weekend.<\/p>\n Pakistan hosted direct Iran-US talks<\/u><\/a> in Islamabad on Saturday and Sunday, marking the highest engagement between the two sides since 1979<\/u><\/a>. Both delegations departed the capital on Sunday after the talks ended without an agreement, but also without a breakdown<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n Earlier, two Pakistani sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters<\/em> that Islamabad was communicating with the two sides about the timing of the next round and the meeting would likely take place on the weekend.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have reached out to Iran and we got a positive response that they will be open to a second round of talks,\u201d a senior Pakistani government official was quoted as saying by Reuters<\/em>.<\/p>\n On Monday, officials familiar with the back-channel excha\u00adnges told <\/u>Dawn<\/u><\/em><\/a> that intermediaries were working to bring Tehran and Washin\u00adgton back to the negotiating table, with Pakistan at the centre of the efforts, backed by Turks and Egyptians.<\/p>\n The immediate priority, they said, was to extend the ceasefire.<\/p>\n On Monday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told<\/u><\/a> a meeting of the federal cabinet that \u201cfull efforts\u201d were ongoing to resolve the conflict.<\/p>\n Noting that the truce was still holding, he said, \u201cAs I am talking to you, matters that are not resolved, full efforts are underway to resolve them.\u201d<\/p>\n Today, he called on<\/a> President Asif Ali Zardari, briefed him on his upcoming visits to Saudi Arabia and Turkiye \u201cfor further engagement to promote peace efforts\u201d and took him into confidence on \u201call aspects of the dialogue\u201d between Iran and the United States, a statement issued by the President\u2019s Secretariat said.<\/p>\n The ceasefire<\/u><\/a> between the US and Iran, brokered on April 8 after weeks of conflict, is set to expire on April 22. While technically intact, it is increasingly precarious.<\/p>\n The US has moved toward enforcing a naval blockade<\/u><\/a> of Iranian ports, prompting a warning<\/u><\/a> from Tehran that such a move would be a violation of the ceasefire.<\/p>\n Pakistan, after the end of the talks in Islamabad, moved swiftly to consolidate international support.<\/p>\n<\/a>Push for talks<\/strong><\/h2>\n