Global NewsU.S. President Donald Trump gave a press conference in Évian-les-Bains, France on Wednesday as the G7 summit wrapped up.
Trump was asked about the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) the U.S. reached with Iran to help end the war, and is tentatively set to be signed on Friday.
The deal “achieves everything we set out to accomplish — everything and much more,” Trump said. When asked about staying around for the signing of the MOU, Trump replied “I might… (but) it might not be the kind of document I should be signing.”
Trump also thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin for staying neutral during Iran peace negotiations.
The memorandum of understanding, brokered mainly by Pakistan, starts with the simultaneous lifting of Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. blockade of Iran’s ports, according to Pakistani officials. The two sides will then begin 60 days of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program and the potential lifting of sanctions, they told the AP, speaking on condition of anonymity because the text is being kept confidential.
