Tensions in the Middle East following the outbreak of Iran-US war continue to simmer for approximately seven months now. question on the status of the war lingers While multiple rounds of talks to end the skirmishes have failed to get a conclusive result.
Iran leaders at UNGA next week?
Trump’s meeting with Gulf leaders comes over a week after Iran leaders met the Gulf side in India on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit between September 12 and 13. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on September 12 – first day of the summit. The agenda of the probable meeting is to discuss the next steps in the war with Iran , Axios reported, citing sources.
But now reports indicate that US President Donald Trump is likely to hold a meeting with the Gulf leaders during the UN General Assembly in New York next Tuesday. “I don’t care. Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leaders of several countries involved in trying to mediate an end to the war will also be at the United Nations next week.
The meeting, according to the report, is expected to focus on US ideas for a postwar strategy. Later, Pezeshkian said Iran and the UAE, want to “turn the page”. “For the first time since the war and the incidents that occurred in the Persian Gulf, we had a constructive exchange with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi,” he was quoted as saying by news agency AFP. But Trump at the time showed no interest in the meeting and said he ‘doesn’t care’. That’s up to them,” he told reporters during a visit to Ireland. The UN Security Council may hold an informal meeting with Arab leaders next week, diplomats said, at which Iran is expected to be the key topic of discussion.
Pezeshkian is also scheduled to address the General Assembly on Wednesday, though his travel to New York is ‘uncertain’, according to reports. Abbas Mousavi, Pezeshkian’s chief of protocol, said on Monday it was still unclear how many members of the Iranian delegation would be issued visas by the United States and when.
