US President Donald Trump is "impatient" about making progress on ending the war with Iran. He has instructed his negotiating team to engage with the Iranians in good faith, US Vice President J.D. Vance said, as quoted by Reuters.
Speaking from Budapest, he said a deal was possible if Iran negotiated in good faith, but warned that while some parts of the Iranian regime were approaching the talks constructively, others were not. He described the situation as a "fragile truce".
The president told me, and the entire negotiating team, the secretary of state, special envoy Steve Witkoff, to go and work in good faith to make a deal, Vance added. Trump, he said, is eager and in a hurry to make progress. According to him, if both sides negotiate in good faith, a deal can be made.
The United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan that could potentially end a six-week war that has killed thousands, spread across the Middle East and caused unprecedented disruptions to global energy supplies. Trump announced the agreement hours before a deadline he had set for Iran to open the blocked Strait of Hormuz or face destruction.