US President Donald Trump's announcement that he is ready to negotiate with Iran does not mean a change in the administration's stance toward Tehran, US National Security Adviser John Bolton said.
"Negotiating with the Iranians does not mean that President Trump has changed his position," Bolton told Radio Free Europe. "It does not mean that Iran will receive tangible economic benefits only in return for stopping doing what it should have done." originally".
"If there is a comprehensive package, of course sanctions will be lifted," he said. "When the regime in Iran is ready to negotiate, there will be a meeting."
Bolton's position came after Trump said on Monday he would meet with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani when conditions were right to end the standoff over the nuclear deal, adding that talks were under way to see how countries could open credit lines to enable Tehran to run its economic affairs.
US President Donald Trump announced last year that the United States was withdrawing from the 2015 international nuclear deal with Iran, tightening sanctions against Iran in an effort to halt Iran's oil exports and stifle its economy.
But the US president ruled out lifting economic sanctions to compensate Tehran for its losses.
He also told a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron that he did not want regime change in Iran, but wanted to ensure that it did not possess nuclear weapons.
However, Macron called on Iran to stop threatening the stability of the Gulf region, pointing out that there was some tension at the beginning of the summit of the seven countries due to many conflicting ideas «but we were keen to provide a message of unity», pointing out at the same time that the agreement between Trump and Rouhani If a meeting was held between them, Rouhani told him that he was open to a meeting with Trump. He also said that he discussed the Iranian issue with Trump. "We talked about Iran and we agree to call on Iran to respect its nuclear obligations," he said, adding that "we aspire to a meeting between Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in my presence."