(LEAD) Trump says additional Iran peace talks 'could happen over next 2 days': report

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(LEAD) Trump-Iran peace talks

(LEAD) Trump says additional Iran peace talks 'could happen over next 2 days': report

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By Song Sang-ho

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that additional peace talks between the United States and Iran "could be happening over the next two days" in Pakistan, a report said, days after the first round of their negotiations ended without an agreement.

Trump made the remarks in a phone interview with the New York Post amid speculation that Washington and Tehran could resume their talks in the coming days to bridge differences over key sticking points, including the U.S. demand for Iran not to seek a nuclear weapon, before their two-week ceasefire expires on April 22.

"You should stay there, really, because something could be happening over the next two days, and we're more inclined to go there," he said of Islamabad in a phone interview with the Post. "It's more likely, you know why? Because the field marshal is doing a great job."

Trump was referring to Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir, one of the mediators who have helped the U.S. and Iran engage in dialogue to end their war.

In a separate call with the Post prior to the first call, Trump indicated that the second round of peace talks would likely happen somewhere in Europe.

In the interview, Trump also indicated that he was not happy with news reports that Washington had called on Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment for two decades during the negotiations in Islamabad on Saturday and Sunday.

"I've been saying they can't have nuclear weapons" he said, "So I don't like the 20 years."

During the negotiations with Iran, the U.S. proposed a 20-year suspension of all nuclear activity, The New York Times reported. In response, Iran offered a counterproposal that it would suspend nuclear activity for up to five years, it said, citing two senior Iranian officials and one U.S. official.

Other issues on the table included Iran's demands for the release of its frozen assets, the lifting of primary and secondary sanctions, and its claimed right to control the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for oil, gas and other commodities.

After the unfruitful talks with Iran, Trump ordered a naval blockade of Iranian ports in the crucial Strait of Hormuz, ramping up pressure on the Islamic Republic to accede to U.S. demands.

Meanwhile, Reuters reported, citing U.S. officials, that Washington will not renew a 30-day waiver of sanctions on Iranian oil at sea, which is set to expire on April 19.

The Treasury Department issued the waiver on March 20 as part of efforts to help ease the impact from oil supply disruptions caused by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. The U.S. also did not renew the waiver on Russian oil at sea, which expired on Saturday, according to Reuters.

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