Ammon News - The United States said a high-level meeting on Iran would be held in Doha on ​Tuesday with President Donald Trump's top envoys Steve Witkoff and ‌Jared Kushner attending while technical talks would also continue on the sidelines.

In a social media post on Monday, Trump said that Iran had requested a meeting and that it ​would take place in the Qatari capital without giving any details.

Moments ​later, Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told Fox News that ⁠Witkoff and Kushner would attend the talks.

"Special Envoy Witkoff and Jared Kushner ​will be flying to Doha for high-level meetings this week, as we ​continue to discuss the memorandum of understanding. On the sidelines of those high-level talks, will be the technical talks," she said.

"As far as we're concerned, we're holding up our ​end of the ceasefire. Violence will be met with violence," Leavitt added.

The ​U.S. and Iran signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding aimed at ending four months of ‌conflict ⁠on June 17, under which both sides agreed to cease hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas typically transits.

But tit-for-tat weekend strikes threatened to derail ​the fragile accord. A ​return to talks ⁠would follow several days of strikes and counterstrikes since an Iranian projectile hit a cargo vessel in the ​strait on Thursday, with both the U.S. and Iran accusing ​eachother of ⁠breaking the interim ceasefire.

"There were attacks on commercial vessels that the United States of America, directed by the president, responded to, and that will continue ⁠to happen, ​but we hope we don't see that. ​The president obviously wants to see the peace process play out," Leavitt said on the "Fox & Friends" ​program.


Reuters